Questions tagged [hostname]
A hostname is a label, or name, that is assigned to a network-connected device and typically used as a human-friendly identifier.
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dropbox keeps asking to login and link every reboot
It appears that on each reboot my dropbox forgets settings and wants to re-link the same device.
I installed dropbox.py, which in turn installed ~/.dropbox-dist. I ran it successfully and "linked" ...
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Find Hostname of Host from inside a virtual machine?
Scenario:
I connect to VM with IP 10.1.1.1 with hostname NODE. I need to find out the IP or hostname of the host this VM is running on. Is this possible?
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Trouble resolving hostnames with arp -a
I'm trying to lookup hostnames of computers on the same network as me. Sometimes when I use arp -a I get a question mark (?) for the hostname. I've tried using nslookup xx.xx.xx.xx and host xx.xx.xx....
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Hostname configuration: name resolution vs. meeting SW requirements
For a software installation, I have the following requirements:
hostname --fqdn
This command must return the FQDN of the server (for example, server2.subdomain.example.com).
hostname und hostname ...
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Accessing APC Smart UPS Network Management Card via hostname
I've got a new APC SmartUPS X 1500 with the build-in network management card AP9631, which I can access it via the ip-address 192.168.0.154.
This IP-address has been given by my router's DHCP.
When ...
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How can I find what a Windows PC thinks its name is, given its IP?
How can I find out what a remote Windows PC thinks its host name is, given its IP? From Windows cmd.exe or a Linux shell.
I'm not interested what a DNS server thinks the host name is for an IP, just ...
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Is there a way to connect to a Windows machine from Linux by name instead of by IP?
In my home network, the Linux machines all have avahi installed and can access each other by their hostnames instead of by their IP
ping laptop.local
But for the Windows machine I could only manage ...
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Correct domain name for a home desktop Linux machine
I have several machines running Debian, and during install, I left the domain name field blank. This hasn't affected anything so far, but I'm curious what the correct thing to set that field to is if ...
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What is a hostname versus a computer name versus a subdomain versus www?
I was searching for understanding what is the “www” at the beginning of so many web addresses in the Internet. I read in somewhere that “www” is called “hostname”.
The world “hostname” made me go a ...
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How to get the hostname of the router/access point I’m connected to?
I’m using Linux Mint 17 and am making a Conky script. I’d like it to display the hostname of the router/access point I’m connected to. I just don’t know the Linux command to get it.
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Windows 8.1: How to make it forget an updated computer name?
I used to have a network share on an external Samba server named mysmb.
The network share itself was accessed via \\mysmb\myshare.
I connected to it from my new Windows 8.1 laptop, copied its content ...
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Need to ping a Device by Hostname on my network
How do I ping by hostname? I have an Audio Video control system attached to our corporate network. All devices are set to DHCP including my laptop running Win7. All in the same subnet. I can ping all ...
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hostname from list of iptables
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How can I get it to print the IP address with the hostname?
ie.
IP_ADDR,hostname
IP_ADDR,hostname
IP_ADDR,hostname
Get-Content C:\IPList.txt | ForEach-Object {([system.net.dns]::...
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Can you assign an IP to a hostname that's assigned to another IP?
Yes, it sounds a bit inceptiony, but here's the reasoning.
I need a static IP and one cannot be purchased. My router does support DynDNS however. Which means my dynamic IP is associated with a static ...
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Period character used for local computer name
I'm wondering about the period character . used as a shortcut for the local computer name.
You can use it when logging into Windows 7, for example, to specify that the user account you're entering ...
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Raspberry Pi: "Cannot find host"
I changed my hostname on my raspberry pi using this resource: How to Change Your Raspberry Pi (or Other Linux Device’s) Hostname.
When I use the host name on the ssh client to connect to the ssh ...
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Use nbtstat to return list of host names in IP range?
In Windows 7 I'm using the command for /l %i in (1,1,254) do nbtstat -a xxx.xxx.xxx.%i to return host names based on a given IP range. But the output is so long and unfriendly. How could I improve ...
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How do I utilize hostnames on a local server?
I'm familiar with buying hostnames/domains and vaguely familiar with DNS servers for resolving domains to IP addresses, but, for a home solution I know absolutely nothing.
Let's say I want to host a ...
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How to rename a file to include remote machine's hostname via batch script?
I have a .bat file that copies a file from one computer to another. During the transfer I would like to rename the file to include the hostname of the computer from which the file originated. The ...
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Where does bash get its hostname data to set HOSTNAME and how can I change it permanently?
I know that you can do something like this:
export HOSTNAME=xyz
echo $HOSTNAME
And you will see the changes made. However, where does bash read from on startup to set this environment variable? I ...
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Find a computer's hostname by IP address? ping/nbtstat/nslookup don't work
Note: Windows environment (servers & workstations): I'm having a small issue here at work where a server went down and the (not very smart) tech guys don't know which server was until we give them ...
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Can open host by \\hostname but cannot ping by hostname
I have two laptops connected by NetGear JNR3210 router: one (running Windows 2000) is directly attached by a cable and one (running Windows 7 x64) is attached via WiFi.
On both laptops when I open ...
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Why is ping resolving to an IP 198.105.254.228 for any random hostname that i type?
I have a precise32 (ubuntu 12.04) vagrant vm running on my system.
If i try to ping a random string, eg ping "thisip.doesnot" it resolves to an IP 198.105.254.228 . This is try for any other random ...
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raspberrypi.local not accessible on the network
I used to be able to access my Raspberry Pi on the network using raspberrypi.local (raspberrypi being the hostname of the Pi). The Pi is connected with a WLAN usb dongle to my Apple TimeCapsule I ...
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I cannot access jsfiddle.net
I cannot access jsfiddle.net. My internet connection is PPPOE.
I get a 502 error.
Firefox says:
[Fiddler] DNS Lookup for "jsfiddle.net" failed. This is usually a temporary error during hostname ...
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Different login hosts for each login on cluster [closed]
I have just obtained an account on a new cluster. It is running RHEL 6.
I logged simultaneously from a couple of different terminal windows via SSH.
What I noticed was that each login resulted in a ...
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Can I set hostname as a DNS Alias?
I'd like to make a local machine available (for domain network) through a www address.
To do so I though I could use our DNS and set an alias like www. => MACHHINENAME.
Can it be done that way?
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Configuring /etc/hosts to run an application
I am using nginx, until now I was running my php applications on /usr/share/nginx/html which is the default document root when nginx is installed on centOS and like systems.
Now I had to create ...
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Add hostname that browser resolves?
My /etc/hosts has an entry similar to:
10.0.1.5 wiki
However, whenever I type wiki in Opera, the browser goes searching for the term "wiki".
If I include the trailing dot to make it a fully ...
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Changes Hostname on FreeBSD 10
I've tried changing the hostname on my FreeBSD box.
Changed it in rc.conf, dhclient.conf and tried to set it manually but it still uses the old one. Also samba uses the old one despite its settings.
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understanding fqdns is troubling
I am struggling to understand the FQDN for servers.
At the moment mine is just localhost if i type hostname in to my server terminal it just says localhost.
I understand you need a different one ...
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dynamic ip to hostname mapping in LAN [duplicate]
I want to access PC in LAN from other devices. I cannot use static ip for my PC. Is there a way to use hostname instead of dynamic ip to access PC so that even if ip changes i can access PC with its ...
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Strange Local DNS issue involving Comcast, not a Comcast User
I have a network with 3 desktops (2 x Win7 x64, 1 x Win7 x32) connected via ethernet and 1 laptop (Win7 x64) connected via wireless most of the time using a Linksys WRT54GS.
I have a desktop ...
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How to retrieve the IP if all I know is the hostname
I'm wanting to run nmap on a linux machine but all I know is the hostname. I'm on the same network but cannot figure out how to do this. All I want to obtain is the IP so I can run scans on it. How ...
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Linux can see the hostname, but Windows can't see it
I'm getting everything set up for a LAN party, and would like connecting to the server as easy as possible. There will be both Linux and Windows computers at this party, so it needs to be compatible ...
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Sporadic loss of access to local server
For some reason, I lose access to a local server called lux-app04 seemingly at random, but only in some applications. As you can see in the image below, Postman (top) can connect to it, but curl (...
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Local DNS using Bind9
I have a few computers on my home network that I would like to assign names to. I don't want them to be a TLD, just aliases, like "orange" or something. The tutorials that I was reading such as this ...
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Hostname is not displayed appropriately on command prompt & syslog messages
I try to set my hostname as 0.6.0.07252014 but when i see on command prompt and syslog messages, it is not getting displayed appropriately.
Entered hostname: 0.6.0.07252014
Command prompt output: ...
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postfix doesn't work with IP as hostname
Using Ubuntu 14.04 x64
I had a working installation of Postfix which was handy for sending emails in my terminal, but I had an issue with an application that was critical for my workflow. In order ...
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Why is Facebook's host machine not on the same network as its domain name?
Here's what I get when I ping facebook.com (the domain name) and www.facebook.com (host name of host machine)...
According to https://superuser.com/a/59094/325893, the domain name (facebook.com) is ...
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Mixed network, Linux-to-Linux hostname resolution issues
At work we have an WinSBS domain at the heart of our network, which is all Windows PCs. The domain controller is acting as a DNS for these computers.
I have recently added some personal use Linux ...
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What does a single . mean for a hostname lookup?
Using uTorrent I noticed a peer with "." as a domain name.
I thought it was strange so I looked up the IP using nslookup and similar online services.
I always get that the hostname is just a single ...
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Is it possible to map static IP to computer name instead of MAC address?
I have a number of computers with different computer names connected to the network. They currently hold a static IP address based on their MAC address. In other words, the static IP address is mapped ...
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Is computer name a hostname that I can point it to an IP?
On my Windows7, when I get into the properties of My Computer, I can see that my computer name is compname123. It seems that when I ping or connect (say remote access) to this computer from another ...
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Is modifying /etc/hostname enough to change the hostname?
I was setting the hostname on my Linux machine with below steps:
echo "ABCD" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname
Exit from terminal or reboot system
Now I can see the new hostname.
Now my ...
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Mac Terminal Permission Denied in my home folder after I changed hostname
Before this, I find my shell prefix is
user@promote ~ $
here promote is my host name, and I changed it by
sudo scutil --set Hostname desktop
Now my shell prefix is
user@desktop ~ $
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How to connect to Windows remote domain from Linux know its gateway hostname?
I have credentials to connect to my University's reserved Linux virtual machine which means :
username
password
gateway's hostname let's say secretgateway.net
full hostname in .local domain let's ...
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Browser and alternate host file [duplicate]
I'm testing some software using a browser. I want to start a Chromium of FireFox session, and instruct the browser to an alternate host file. The host file will redirect a couple of domains to the ...
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Configuring etc/hostname
I just received my Raspberry Pi, and wanted to set up a small webserver.
I am not sure what to put as my hostname. I have bought a domain, for the sake of the question, let's assume it's mydomain.com....
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Finding origin of a host address
I have a Windows server which is resolving a name. I do not know from where the address comes from: it should not be on DNS, and it is not on C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
When I try looking ...
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