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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!odinn.duosystems.com!bpo From: bpo@odinn.duosystems.com (Bruce Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: adding a node Date: 26 Feb 1996 13:40:01 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4gsd7h$l3@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <4gl5if$ndh@comet2.magicnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dan Benjamin (dpb@magicnet.net) wrote: : Hello! : I have a class C and I'd like to have one of my ip's be seen as : another "node". : For example, the main server is frank.foo.com. I want to set an ip up : as jack.foo.com, even though there is no machine there. I'd like this : ip to be seen for mail, ftp, and http requests. : ANy help would be much appreciated!!!! : -Dan What you really need is to change your /etc/sendmail.cf. Set up frank.foo.com to handle mail for your domain. The one with FreeBSD uses a Cw line. Then you need to have your DNS set up with CNAME entries (like aliases in the hosts files) to point back to frank. e.g., jack IN CNAME frank.foo.com. -- +===============================================+ | Bruce Olsen, DUO Systems, bpo@duosystems.com | +===============================================+ | Contact us about our line of FreeBSD based | | Internet Servers and Firewall systems. | | mailto:info@duosystems.com | +===============================================+