Tim:
> The process of working it out *CAN* be done like this. I am
"gonzales"
> lookup this to find my IP, I find I am 192.168.1.11. Okay, now lets
> lookup 192.168.1.11 (a reverse lookup) to find my FQDN, and I get told
> that I'm "gonzales.example.com.", and that's the end of that story.
Timothy Murphy:
I think you would have to explain what you mean by
"lookup"
for this explanation to be much use.
There is no command "lookup" on my system.
It's an explanation of a process, not a list of commands. "Lookup"
means "get an answer *about* something," it's a dictionary word, not a
computer command.
e.g. I am "gonzales" lookup this (the hostname gonzales) to find...
--
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686
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