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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!ntuix.ntu.ac.sg!raffles.technet.sg!maynard From: maynard@spice.com (Maynard Kang) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: symbolic name vs IP returned, how? Date: 30 Aug 1995 05:45:08 GMT Organization: SPICE.COM Private Limited Lines: 24 Message-ID: <420tt4$69t@raffles.technet.sg> References: <41v0t5$j2r@sake.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pepper.spice.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jason Kuri (jaykuri@miso.wwa.com) wrote: : I just recently set up my FreeBSD system (2.0.5R) on a static-IP. : Several places that I connect to (via telnet, ftp, etc) return that I am : originating from an IP number. While the IP is correct, I would like to : set it up so that it returns my hostname, It does this from my shell : accounts, here and there... but I am at a loss to know where to set this : up on my system.... Could someone help? or give me a push in the right : direction? In this case your IP Address doesn't have a proper reverse PTR. This has to be done by the administrator of your reverse domain segment. For example, if your IP is 203.120.4.51, you'll have to have the admin of the 4.120.203.in-addr.arpa domain add this to his database file: 51 IN PTR yourmachine.domain.com. Maybe contact your access provider about this. regards -- Maynard J. Kang E-mail: maynard@spice.com SPICE.COM Private Limited "Total Networking Solutions"