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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:15:18 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Stevan S." <sjsan@austin.cc.tx.us>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about naming a server
Message-ID:  <19990226221518.A50990@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990226122802.0093e700@mail.austin.cc.tx.us>
References:  <4.1.19990226122802.0093e700@mail.austin.cc.tx.us>

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Stevan S. wrote:

> My question is -  when I access the server this is the address that I use:
> http://m198214188122.austin.cc.tx.us/
> ftp://m198214188122.austin.cc.tx.us/ or ftp m198214188122.austin.cc.tx.us
> 
> But what I want the address to read is:
> http://etv.austin.cc.tx.us/
> ftp://etv.austin.cc.tx.us/ or ftp etv.austin.cc.tx.us
> 
> What do I need to do to make this work.  The college already had the
> austin.cc.tx.us domain.  I just want to name the machine.

You'll need to get the dns administrator for austin.cc.tx.us to add a
cname record, such as

etv		IN	CNAME	m198214188122

or something, or alternatively.

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Ben Smithurst
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