1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

When I log into bash it will say my username @localhost I wondering how do I change localhost to another such as draco.I've the using the hostname command as root but it changes back to localhost after I reboot.I was wondering how would I hide my ISP hostname in linux.Because when I log into an IRC... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I have a file containing hostnames like this (host=myhost.domain.com) or (host=myhost) i need to extarct the unique hostnames without the domain names from that file. so my output should be myhost (without domain names) But my regex skills are rusty i tried grep "host"... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, i have a list of files that contains some PC hostname, then i need to enumerate every hostname and check if there's a table with same name of the hosts in MySQL database XYZ. I need this because have to decide automatically if i have to make a create table or a insert into an existent... (2 Replies)

4. IP Networking

Hi, I have a PC running Solaris 10 (hostname MARKUNIX) and a laptop running WinXP (hostname MARK-LAPTOP). Both are connected to broadband via a router. IP addresses for each are determined via DHCP (192.168.1.nn) and I do not leave either on, 24x7. I am running Oracle on MARKUNIX and... (1 Reply)

5. IP Networking

Hi All , please view the set up below: ------------------------------------------------------------------- | DHCP Server |-----------| ROUTER & |-----------| Clients | | 192.168.99.1 | - -<eth1>| DHCP-RELAY|<eth2>-- | 192.168.88.X | ... (2 Replies)

6. Programming

I need to obtain a list of all the hostname of all the VM's that reside on two ESXI servers using pysphere. I have attempted using the basic methods but an unable to get a hostname in my testing using: from pysphere import VIServer server = VIServer() ... (0 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

As the title suggests, I'm wondering if its possible to set a hostname to a name or word with Cyrillic letters (e.g. - Like the Russian alphabet). I tried installing the cyrillic-console package in Debian. I switched my desktop to Russian as well. However, when I try to set the hostname I get that... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have a file which has 100 servers,i want a script which can output me ip address and hostname for that server. Thanks in advance!! input file abc.com output file should be abc.com 192.168.1..1 (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to develop a script to check for valid hostnames. Below are the prerequisites for a valid hostname which I got from wiki : Hostnames are composed of series of labels concatenated with dots, as are all domain names. For example, "en.wikipedia.org" is a hostname. Each label... (8 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have a list of hostnames in a text file and I would like to craft a bash script that would group them for use with pdsh. For example... I would like to group the following from a file: hostname1000 hostname1001 hostname1002 hostname1003 hostname1004 hostname2000... (4 Replies)