Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:24:36 +0000 From: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> To: admin@asarian-host.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Setting hostname - fake and real Message-ID: <200503100824.37018.ben@spooty.net> In-Reply-To: <20050309120046.6112A16A4D4@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050309120046.6112A16A4D4@hub.freebsd.org>
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> -----Original Message----- >From: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> >Subject: RE: Setting hostname - fake and real >To: "'FreeBSD-Questions Questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:20, Luke Kearney wrote: >> >> > Hello Ben >> > Sounds like you might need some DNS magic here. I am not >> entirely sure I >> > understand why you would want to use fake dns names. >> >> I don't especially want to use a fake name, I just don't have >> a real one to use... the machine I'm talking about is my home >> machine with dynamic IP > >Why not simply add an entry to /etc/hosts? Like I do to get a >pretty name for logins from my XP machine: > >192.168.0.6 my-xp-machine.org > >- Mark Ok, what IP do I put? My dynamic IP in the real world (which is pretty static in practice), or something else? The address you've used in your example looks like my vmnet addresses. Cheers, Ben
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