"Bad Host Name" Error Message

stheg olloydson stheg_olloydson at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 7 18:59:54 PST 2004


it was said:

>I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is
the >error message:
>
>Starting cron
>Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 BeerStud at rcn
>lpd[438]: Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud at rcn.com' bad
>2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud at rcn.com'
bad

Hello,

"BeerStud at rcn.com" is an email address, not a host name. Replace it
something like "BeerStud.rcn.com" although you would be best using a
domain name you owned rather than someone else's domain.

HTH,

stheg


		
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