>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
>How can I resolve a machine name from an IP address? The
>machine that the
>script is running on is NT4.
>
>I've tried this (with use Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); at the top of the
>script)
>
>$machine_name = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($userIP), AF_INET) or
>die "Can't
>resolve $userIP: $!\n"
>
>It works on the LAN, but not across a router to the remainder
>of our WAN.
>Any ideas?
Drop into cmd and type
ping -a "IP ADDRESS"
Then parse the first line output to get the hotname of that PC. It should
come out like
Pinging "HOSTNAME" Ignore this.
Redirect the output of a system call or something to capture the output. I
have not tried it but it is what I would do.
H
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