B barrowman Registered Mar 27, 2002 #1 Upon opening the terminal window I get this.... [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% Have tried logging in as root, other user etc, comes up with the same thing, what have I done? And how can I fix it?
Upon opening the terminal window I get this.... [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% Have tried logging in as root, other user etc, comes up with the same thing, what have I done? And how can I fix it?
B barrowman Registered Mar 28, 2002 #2 worryingly... [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% hostname ThisAddressDoesNotExist [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% grep ^HOST /etc/hostconfig HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC- [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% "wilyum" is my shortname, any idea what could of caused this to suddenly happen? thx in advance
worryingly... [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% hostname ThisAddressDoesNotExist [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% grep ^HOST /etc/hostconfig HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC- [thisaddressdoesnotexist:~] wilyum% "wilyum" is my shortname, any idea what could of caused this to suddenly happen? thx in advance
L ladavacm Unperson Spotter Mar 28, 2002 #3 whoever is serving reverse DNS for you, has a funny named implementation, actually performing reverse lookup (i.e. not failing it), but sending the silly name. I'd bet the forward DNS query will not work for this silly name you ended up with.
whoever is serving reverse DNS for you, has a funny named implementation, actually performing reverse lookup (i.e. not failing it), but sending the silly name. I'd bet the forward DNS query will not work for this silly name you ended up with.
B barrowman Registered Mar 28, 2002 #4 wow man, works a treat... thanks a lot for that, however should this pose a problem with any networking in the future?
wow man, works a treat... thanks a lot for that, however should this pose a problem with any networking in the future?
B barrowman Registered Mar 29, 2002 #5 Okay I see, so if I ever got a DNS name resolved to my own IP address I should just put in there. Thats cool. Thing is I do actually have my firewall turned on, so shouldn't it then have worked? Happy Easter! and thanks again...
Okay I see, so if I ever got a DNS name resolved to my own IP address I should just put in there. Thats cool. Thing is I do actually have my firewall turned on, so shouldn't it then have worked? Happy Easter! and thanks again...
