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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multiple names
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 21:45:48 -0700
Organization: Erols Internet Services
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Igor Vladim Roshchin wrote:
> 
> Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote:
> : 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.
> : > : >

> Umm.. Since all the hostnames the original author wrote
> are withing the same domain artbbs.com, and it is registered
> (more than an year ago), there is no need for extra registration.
> All he needs is just make ISP to add entries in the DNS.
> 

My mistake -- When I looked at the list of desired URLs, I somehow "saw" one that 
did not fit the same domain. As it is, the ISP should have no trouble setting up 
an alias table for this domain.

Ken