Subject: Re: proftp & host name problems
From: Keary Suska (hierophant@pcisys.net)
Date: Sat Nov 17 2001 - 11:08:27 MST
It means your host doesn't actually resolve. Invoke nslookup to verify. The
host name must be a "real" host, i.e. DNS resolvable to use virtualhost
blocks. It could also be a DNS setup problem.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: "Robert J. Bloemeke" <bloemeke@mac.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:48:44 +0900
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: proftp & host name problems
>
> Hello,
> I seem to be having trouble with proftpd. When trying to run it, I get this
> message:
> zaqd38760a5.zaq.ne.jp - Fatal: unable to determine IP address of
> 'zaqd38760a5.zaq.ne.jp'.
>
> zaqd38760a5 is the user name given to me by my ISP here in Japan. My
> YellowDog Linux 2.1 iMac is hooked up directly to the dynamic IP address
> given to me by this provider. This name also appears in the prompt in the
> command line interface.
>
> Also, when I shutdown, one of the messages that scrolls down the screen
> before shuting down is this one: "Can't get host name. Your system is
> severely misconfigured" I can't understand how the system could be
> "severely" misconfigured, since I have done little if any changing of
> configuration files since I installed the system a week ago. The only
> changes I made were minor things via webmin. But nothing that I recall
> having to do with a "host name". I get a similar host name error message for
> a split second when I startx after logging on. (Nevertheless, X seems to
> boot with no problems.)
>
> Can anybody shed some light on how I can get proftpd working? And/or what
> the cause/meaning of the host name error messages might be?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Robert
>
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