Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?
On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 09:08:22PM -0700, Kapil Khosla wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a program / utility in Linux to find out the information of a
> remote host by telling its IP address. I am interested in knowing the
> hostname, possibly location (server),of a remote machine whose IP
> address is known to me, Thanks
You need to rely on DNS system. For example IP=10.13.12.11
$ dig 11.12.13.10.in-addr.arpa
$ dig -x 10.13.12.11
BTW, if you can log into that machine, following maybe interesting.
$ ifconfig
$ route -n
$ hostname -f
$ uname -a
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Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA
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I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections.
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