Re: [pm-h] [PBML] converting IP<->hostname and UID<->username

4:01pm, Paul Archer wrote:

> Can anyone suggest modules that can convert IP addresses to and from
> hostnames, and UIDs to and from usernames? I've searched CPAN, but I
> didn't come up with anything.
> Or should I just call 'getent'? (That works for UID<->username, but not for
> IP addresses not in the host file...)
>
Um, ignore that last comment. I was consistently fat fingering a test IP 
address. (127 != 172)


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