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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!agate!theos.com!riscan.riscan.com!van.istar!van-bc!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.ac.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: multiple names Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 21:21:40 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 41 Message-ID: <31B7AE54.3D59@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4p4clr$5lo@stratus.skypoint.net> <31B6378A.2F7D@www.play-hookey.com> <4p55a5$ag7@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Igor Vladim Roshchin wrote: > > Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: > : Patrick Sonnek 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. > : > > : Put the names all on one line of /etc/hosts, after the IP address and > : separated by spaces. For example, internally I know my main box as odin. > : Thus, I have a line in /etc/hosts: > > : 206.161.179.129 www.play-hookey.com odin odin.play-hookey.com > > : Any of the three names works fine internally, although only the first one > : is on any DNS. > > : Hope this helps! > > : Ken > > I don't think this is what was asked, > This allows to resolve them locally. > To have all the hostnames to be resolved from outside, one > needs to change DNS entry in the default name-server > (ask your provider, if you are not running it yourself) > Perhaps true, although he *did* say "or hosts file." In any case, if you want outside users to be able to recognize and access your site by any of these names, you will indeed have to contact your ISP, who will have to run your requested names through InterNIC to verify that they will be unique. (This will cost some $$$ -- InterNIC charges $100 for two years' registration, then $50 per year after that. Your ISP will be sure to pass this along to you, with a surcharge!) Ken