I have corrected my answer to get the hostname info directly from postgresql. However it will only display what is configured in postgresql.conf. In order to get accurate hostname of server one must check hostname command on shell. – Kapil Bhagchandani Sep 12 '18 at 13:05
Change the hostname manually through the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts file. The hostname command is the easiest way to change the hostname. However, the change is only temporary and the hostname changes to its previous value when you restart the system. Nevertheless, we will explain how you can use this command. In this article, we will explain how to resolve a hostname/domain name to an IPv4 and IPv6 address in a Bash script. However, before proceeding towards creating the script, let us review some of the commands that can be used to resolve the hostname/domain name to an IP address. The hostname property of the URL interface is a USVString containing the domain name of the URL. Socket applications often need to convert hostnames like google.com to their corresponding ip address. This is done through dns requests. The socket api in linux provides functions like gethostbyname and getaddrinfo that can be used to perform the dns requests and get the ip address. gethostbyname The first method uses the traditional gethostbyname function to This blog helps you to get the hostname and IP address of where the program is running. It uses the InetAddress class of Java which uses the Internet Protocol address. While development and testing most developer uses own computer or laptop to run the program. so the program will provide the hostname of the system where this code is executed. Mar 27, 2018 · I needed to get the name of the SQL Server host machine. SELECT @@SERVERNAME did not get it done on a VM platform. Edited by Jakester1948 Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:01 PM I have corrected my answer to get the hostname info directly from postgresql. However it will only display what is configured in postgresql.conf. In order to get accurate hostname of server one must check hostname command on shell. – Kapil Bhagchandani Sep 12 '18 at 13:05
Change the hostname manually through the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts file. The hostname command is the easiest way to change the hostname. However, the change is only temporary and the hostname changes to its previous value when you restart the system. Nevertheless, we will explain how you can use this command.
The ea_get_hostname() function returns a pointer to a string representing the recorded hostname on which the exacct file was created. These functions will return NULL if their respective field was not recorded in the exacct file header. Apr 29, 2010 · To see the hostname… all you have to do is type hostname at the command prompt. Go figure, eh? The same thing works in Linux or OS X, though you can see that most of the time the hostname is part of the prompt anyway. Note: you can also change the hostname by simply typing “hostname
Apr 07, 2009 · I am trying to get the hostname of an computer on LAN knowing its internal IP. houssam_ballout, Sep 25, 2008 #4. cohen New Member. Messages: 8,364.
I have corrected my answer to get the hostname info directly from postgresql. However it will only display what is configured in postgresql.conf. In order to get accurate hostname of server one must check hostname command on shell. – Kapil Bhagchandani Sep 12 '18 at 13:05 Jul 12, 2017 · The hostname is supposed to uniquely identify a computer on a network. Don’t get too fancy with your hostname. Host names can only contain letters (a through z), digits (0 through 9), and the hyphen character ( – ), and the period character ( . ). A hostname must begin and end with a letter or number — not a hyphen or period. A Netbios name reverse lookup might accomplish what you want more than than "hostname" which is a function of DNS and tcp/ip. nmblookup with the -A parameter returns device names as well as mac address. Try something like this: nmblookup -A 192.168.1.2