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. Regards, Uli. > > Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man > pages... > > Thank you, > > Rommel B. Ikeda > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
