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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multiple names
Date: 6 Jun 1996 10:28:13 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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References: <4p4clr$5lo@stratus.skypoint.net>
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In article <4p4clr$5lo@stratus.skypoint.net>,
Patrick Sonnek <psonnek@skypoint.com> wrote:
>How would I configure me DNS (or hosts file) to point several different 
>names all to the same location.
>
>I am running named.  My IP address is 206.9.159.17  the names are
>parker.artbbs.com  artbbs.com   www.artbbs.com  ftp.artbbs.com  All of 
>these need to resolve to the same IP address.  and I'm a little confused 
>on how to do this.

I believe you need to put some canonical name (CNAME) entries in the
zone file. However, if you're not completely sure what you're doing,
get hold of the O'Reilly book "DNS and BIND" first.

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk         | jraynard@freebsd.org