[lug] Hostname, Knoppix, where does it come from?

[Bob Collins]

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Bob Collins wrote:
> [...]
>> bob at matt:~> ping knoppix
>>
>> PING knoppix.gateway.2wire.net (192.168.0.67) 56(84) bytes of data.
> [...]
>> I have searched and destroyed every instance of Knoppix on the 
>> machine. I have also reloaded linux from scratch 3 times. It doesn't 
>> seem to effect the operation and I can ssh to and from it.
>
> If you don't know what's broke, reinstalling probably won't fix it.
I know, but SuSE gets information from an info file and I thought I may 
have let something get buy me.
>
> What are you using for name resolution on the machine doing the ping?  
> Try:
>
> host -v knoppix
>
> and it will tell you what DNS it's asking.  You can also check the 
> hosts line in /etc/nsswitch and /etc/hosts.  All on the machine 
> sending the ping.  The machine you're pinging isn't involved unless 
> you're using some zeroconf magic.
>
>
Qwest is the DSL line and peakpeak.com is my internet provider.
Here is what I get:
bob at matt:~> host -v Knoppix
Trying "Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55972
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net.     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net. 0    IN      A       192.168.0.67

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net. 41728 IN     NS      
homeportal.gateway.2wire.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
homeportal.gateway.2wire.net. 41728 IN  A       192.168.0.1

Received 150 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 13 ms
Trying "Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 750
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net.     IN      AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net. 0    IN      A       192.168.0.67

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net. 41728 IN     NS      
homeportal.gateway.2wire.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
homeportal.gateway.2wire.net. 41728 IN  A       192.168.0.1

Received 150 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 15 ms
Trying "Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net"
Host Knoppix.gateway.2wire.net not found: 4(NOTIMP)
Received 43 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 1 ms
bob at matt:~>                                                       

Dave, thanks for your help.