host and hostname

[Rommel B. Ikeda]

Thanks very much for the reply, my apologies for not replying so soon....

Actually, I posted my question on "host and hostname", because, I have been
trying to find out if my Internet Settings is correct or not...I am having
problems with cvsup for a very long long time now...

Actually, I did tried:
# host freebsd.org
Host not found, Try again

I know that their is something wrong with our internet connection in our
company...but, I do not think that the person in-charge of our Computer Room
can help me...Unfortunately, Although we are an NGO, Nobody knows about
FreeBSD yet in our Organization...

Anyways, about my comments on "Can someone point me to some information
about it aside from the man
pages...", I do read the man pages, everytime, but on the time that I was
reading about the "host and hostname", I was a little in a hurry and those
technical terms just made my head ached so, I though maybe I would ask
everybody, just for this time...My head was really full with the problems I
have with cvsup...

Thanks anyway...

Rommel B. Ikeda
OISCA-International
http://www.oisca.org/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruben de Groot" <mail23 at bzerk.org>
To: "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" <root at pukruppa.de>
Cc: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda at oisca.org>; <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: host and hostname


> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:07:12AM +0200, Peter Ulrich Kruppa typed:
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote:
> >
> > > Hi...
> > >
> > > I am still a newbie...and practicing how to get use to FreeBSD and
UNIX...
> > >
> > > I have a question:
> > > Why is it when I invoke the command "host", this comes out "host not
found,
> > > try again".
> > host selects information from the internet about registered
> > domains, try
> > # host freebsd.org
> >
> > > But if I invoke the "hostname" command it displays my hostname and
Domain...
> > hostname reads your local /etc/rc.conf file.
>
> Actually, it reads or sets sysctl kern.hostname
>
> > > Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man
> > > pages...
>
> What's wrong with the manpages? They are very clear on this subject.
> If you want to get used to FreeBSD and Unix, get used to reading
> manpages.
>
> Ruben
>
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Rommel B. Ikeda
> > >
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