Quoting Miller, John (John.Miller at rbcdain.com):
> I sent this at 10:05 this am and have not seen it posted so I am reposting
> it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miller, John
> Sent: Sun 9/29/2002 10:05 AM
> To: TCLUG List
> Cc: 
> Subject: Proftpd unable to determine ip
> 
> I am trying to get proftpd working.  When I start it by typing proftpd it
> comes back and says "unable to determine ip address of 'dhcp-112-156'" which I
> beleive is the name that is assigned to me by ATTBI.  I have had proftp
> working in the past but have reloaded my system since then so this is a new
> install.  I am running RH7.2.   

Try adding dhcp-112-156 and the right IP address to your /etc/hosts file.
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