47 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
47 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.TH HOSTADDR 1
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.SH NAME
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hostaddr \- show ethernet address, IP address or hostname
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B hostaddr
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.RB [ \-eia ]
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.RB [ \-E
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.IR eth-device ]
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.RB [ \-I
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.IR ip-device ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Without any of the
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.B \-eia
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options,
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.B hostaddr
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shows the ethernet address, IP address and hostname of the local host on one
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line in the given order. With options only the wanted fields are shown,
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still in the same order, not in option order.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-e
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Show the ethernet address.
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.TP
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.B \-i
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Show the IP address. This will not work if no IP address has been found by
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RARP or by setting it with
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.BR ifconfig (8).
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.TP
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.B \-a
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Show the fully qualified hostname. The IP address is shown again if it
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can't be translated to a host name. (This usually indicates that the
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DNS reverse address translation tables are incomplete.)
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ifconfig (8),
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.BR rarpd (8),
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.BR nonamed (8),
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.BR set_net_default (8),
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.BR boot (8).
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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"Timeout"
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.br
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.B Hostaddr
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timed out trying to get the IP address. This means that the network connection
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is out of order or that the setup of the machine is bad.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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