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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!demon!centrix.demon.co.uk!damian Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions From: damian@centrix.demon.co.uk (damian) Subject: Re: FTP problems... References: <1ptnn0$7qh@news.ysu.edu> Organization: Centrix Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 21:32:59 +0000 Message-ID: <9304072254.af10229@gate.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 23 In article <1ptnn0$7qh@news.ysu.edu> ak793@yfn.ysu.edu (Scott E. Derby) writes: > >I've posted something about this previously, but got no response, >and decided to post part of it again, hoping that I might get a >response. I am looking to just be able to FTP to my own machine. >When I FTP to my own machine name, I get: > FTP: Host name lookup failure Erm, are you trying to ftp from another machine to your 386BSD system or are you just doing a loopback connection? I presume it is the latter. Do you have an entry for your machine in /etc/hosts? Have you tried 'ftp loopback'? Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf (if you do move it out of the way). >Unfortunately, I do not have an ethernet board in my machine. Do >I need an ethernet board, even though I won't be communicating >to any other machine, or is it something else?? No, you don't need an ethernet card. Hope this helps Damian