On 18.03.07 16:15, Celejar wrote: > I want to configure a system-wide host alias. Say there's a host whose > DNS name is 'foo.bar'. I want any network application that asks for > 'baz' to get 'foo.bar'. I know I can do this for individual apps; in > ssh, for example, I include these 2 lines in 'config': > > Host baz > HostName foo.bar > > But is this possible on an app-independent, system-wide basis? If the > host is accessed by several different apps, it would be a pain to do > this separately for each one, and a greater pain to adjust if the alias > ever changed. > > /etc/hosts allows aliases of names to IP addresses, but not, > apparently, of one name to another without an IP address. Is there any > way to do what I want (preferably without needing to install a DNS > server, even a lightweight one such as dnsmasq)?
I don't know about any. Even dnsmasq can't do that. Why do you want to map name to another name? Why isn't mapping to IP enough for you? -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
