Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:16:47 -0800 From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> To: "'Arcady Genkin'" <antipode@thpoon.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: aliases for hosts Message-ID: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5314FD@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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/etc/hosts will only work for staticlyt assigned ip's. If your using DHCP then you will have to look towards something more like DNS I think. Gene Dinkey Hewlett Packard Customer Care TCD - PA-RISC based workstations Phone: 970.278.8732 Fax: 970.613.2257 > -----Original Message----- > From: Arcady Genkin [mailto:antipode@thpoon.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 12:23 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: aliases for hosts > > > /etc/hosts lets me define an alias to an IP address. > > Is there any way to define an alias in such a way that DNS lookup > *would* be performed, but only on an expanded name of the host? > > For example, I'd like to alias `cdf.utoronto.ca' to `cdf', without > having to enter its IP address (which can theoretically change) into > /etc/hosts. > > Many thanks, > -- > Arcady Genkin > Don't read everything you believe. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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