On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:46:06PM -0500, jeffrey@jeffreyf.net wrote:
> When I run the 'newaliases' command on my home NetBSD box, currently
> named testbsd.org, I get this alert:
> 
> Dec 13 15:33:17 testbsd sendmail[8003]: gethostbyaddr(192.168.1.100) failed: 1 
> Dec 13 15:33:17 testbsd sendmail[8003]: alias database /etc/mail/aliases rebuilt by root
> 
> Is this simply a result of using dhcp and that my machine not does not
> have a hostname on the Internet domain name system?

Yes, probably. Adding
192.168.1.100 testbsd.org
in /etc/hosts would probably solve it.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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