"Bad Host Name" Error Message

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:41:22PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is the 
> error message:
> 
> Starting cron
> Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 BeerStud at rcn lpd[438]: 
> Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud at rcn.com' bad
> 2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud at rcn.com' bad
> 
> This is the contents of my 'rc.conf' file:
> 
> blanktime="3600"
> Hostname=BeerStud at rcn.com
> ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
> linux_enable="YES"
> nfs_client_enable="YES"
> saver="logo"
> sendmail_enable="NONE"
> usbd_enable="YES"
> lprng_enable="YES"
> clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> ntpdate_flags=" -b 0.pool.ntp.org"
> inetd_enable="NO"
> 
> I have tried different combinations of 'host names', but without success. 
> My ISP is "rcn.com."

Host names don't include '@', that's an email address.

Kris
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