[linux] How to get hostname from IP (Linux)?

I'd like to get remote machine/hostname through IP Address. I found lots of answer such as nslookup, host, resloveip, etc.. but I still can't get hostname from my target machine(cent OS, ubuntu etc...) It seems need to register to DNS server?

I have a machine named test and using IP 10.1.27.97

but I used the method above still can't not get "test"

Does anyone can help me to get the hostname form IP Address?

This question is related to linux hostname

The answer is


Another simple way I found for using in LAN is

ssh [username@ip] uname -n

If you need to login command line will be

sshpass -p "[password]" ssh [username@ip] uname -n

To find a hostname in your local network by IP address you can use:

nmblookup -A <ip>

To find a hostname on the internet you could use the host program:

host <ip>

Or you can install nbtscan by running:

sudo apt-get install nbtscan

And use:

nbtscan <ip>

*Taken from https://askubuntu.com/questions/205063/command-to-get-the-hostname-of-remote-server-using-ip-address/205067#205067

Update 2018-05-13

You can query a name server with nslookup. It works both ways!

nslookup <IP>
nslookup <hostname>