Identifying a Remote Machine.

[Grant Peel]

Hi all,

Try not to laugh too hard here ....

I have several servers, each with hundreds of IPs on them.

I am attempting to write a php script that will connect to each ip and identify the 'hostname' as set in rc.conf.

I have been looking at icmp, env etc, and can't find a method. I was also loioking at ping, but it does not show the hostname.

The only reply I need from the server is the hostname. That will tell ne that the IP is live and what machine its on.

Is there any suggestions?

-Grant