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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:14:39 +0100
From:      Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>
To:        RJ45 <rj45@slacknet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: w not displaying host names
Message-ID:  <20011210001439.A20835@tisys.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112091513490.29190-100000@slacknet.slacknet.com>; from rj45@slacknet.com on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:18:26PM -0700
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112091513490.29190-100000@slacknet.slacknet.com>

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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:18:26PM -0700, RJ45 stood up and spoke:
> 
> Hello!
> I have this problem with w, it is not displaying hostnames of valid IP
> addresses
> 
> USER             TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
> jhansen          p1       199.104.120.103  10:57PM    14  (tcsh)
> fddi             p2       137.204.49.17    11:12PM     - w

The first thing that comes to my mind: Are you sure that your DNS is
working correctly? Are your local machines specified in /etc/hosts and is a
valid nameserver defined in /etc/host.conf?

Probably verifying the things mentioned above will help.

Greetings
Nils


-- 
Nils Holland
Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany
http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org

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