Re: what is the static ip address I assigned to eth0?
On Fri 28 Aug 2015 at 10:01:59 +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-08-28, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > $ host localhost
> > Host localhost not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> > $ ping localhost
> > PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.032 ms
>
> curty@einstein:~$ host localhost
> localhost has address 127.0.0.1
> localhost has IPv6 address ::1
To complete the picture:
brian@desktop:~$ dig -x 127.0.0.1
; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-9-Debian <<>> -x 127.0.0.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7146
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR
;; ANSWER SECTION:
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. 10800 IN PTR localhost.
;; Query time: 24 msec
;; SERVER: 158.152.1.43#53(158.152.1.43)
;; WHEN: Fri Aug 28 12:03:15 BST 2015
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 74
host and dig use only the DNS.
Elimar's suggestion to use 'host $(hostname)' will work if hostname is
a FQDN. But it shouldn't (or wouldn't) be on a stock Debian system.
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