[ale] Hostnames

[db at amorphous.org (Dave Brooks)]

Does rasitlin.x.com resolve in DNS, and is it listed in the host's 
/etc/hosts file on the machine you're running the xhost command from?
If not, you'll have to either add it or specify the dotted-decimal address 
of the machine.

-Dave


> not quite what I was looking for, but yea, I can see your point.  when
> I use xhost raistlin.x.com, it returns "bad hostname"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Fowler [mailto:ChrisF at computone.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: 'Lathe'
> Subject: RE: [ale] Hostnames
> 
> 
> hard to remember
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lathe [mailto:magius at wittsend.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 2:16 PM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] Hostnames
> 
> 
> Hey all,
>         Anyone why the name "raistlin" would be considered a bad host
>         name?
> Scott Warfield
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