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 -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA See "User's Guide": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ "Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
