Howdy, You can convert IP to host name yourself. Here's the relevant section of the code:
String ipAddress = "123.456.789.123"; InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getByName(ipAddress); String hostname = ia.getHostName(); As you will by experimenting, the above has the desirable property of working whether ipAddress is nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn or the host name. So you can pass whatever you get from getRemoteHost() through this. The assumption you mention (the fully qualified name is available to the Solaris the server is running on) is important. The above will throw an UnkownHostException if the assumption is broken. Good luck, Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:18 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: getRemoteHost(): how to get the fully qualified name? > >Hi all > >When I call the ServletRequest's getRemoteHost()-method, I get sometimes >the >fully quialified name and sometimes the IP of the remote host. This is the >case also, if the fully qualified name is aviable to the Solaris the server >is running on (using nslookup). Now, is there a way to force the >Servlet-Engine to deliver the fully qualified name instead of the IP all >the >times? > >Thanks for any help. >Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
