Alex Young
10/8/2007 11:18:00 PM
Tim Hunter wrote:
> Once again my ignorance of all things networky bite me. Can anybody
> explain what this message might mean?
>
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:350:in `gethostbyname': getaddrinfo:
> No address associated with nodename (SocketError)
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:350:in `getaddress'
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:373:in `login'
>
irb(main):004:0> Socket.gethostbyname "www.google.com"
=> ["www.l.google.com", ["www.google.com"], 2, "\330\357;g",
"\330\357;h", "\330\357;c", "\330\357;\223"]
irb(main):005:0> Socket.gethostbyname "www.go42ogle.com"
SocketError: getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename
from (irb):5:in `gethostbyname'
from (irb):5
Looks to me like you're trying to connect to a hostname that doesn't
resolve to an actual IP address.
--
Alex