From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 26 05:32:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA18617 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from quagmire.ki.net (root@quagmire.ki.net [205.150.102.51]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA18574 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 05:32:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (roddie@localhost) by quagmire.ki.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id IAA19240; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:32:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:32:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Roddie Hasan To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sup woes.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Doug, > > > > mofo# sup -v supfile > > > > SUP 9.26 (4.3 BSD) for file supfile at Sep 23 22:30:20 > > > > SUP: Can't find my host entry > > > > > > > > Now, I know that supfile is valid since it's from a friend of mine that > > > > uses it all the time. > > > > > > What happens if you do 'host '? Sounds like your > > > computer thinks it's nameless. > > > > It looks ok, here's a transcript: > > > > /home/roddie$ host 207.92.170.109 > > Name: lon-on1-45.netcom.ca > > Address: 207.92.170.109 > > Aliases: > > > > Any clues? > > 1) check /etc/hosts, make sure you have all the names for your computer > noted. I hadn't touched the hosts file since I installed FreeBSD and configured PPP, I didn't have the need for it. Adding the machine name made sup work perfectly - The new kernel is compiling now.. :) Thanks for the help. Roddie -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Roddie Hasan roddie@ki.net http://www.ki.net/~roddie *****NOTE NEW EMAIL & URL***** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-