> -----Original Message----- >From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Setting hostname - fake and real >To: "'FreeBSD-Questions Questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:20, Luke Kearney wrote: >> >> > Hello Ben >> > Sounds like you might need some DNS magic here. I am not >> entirely sure I >> > understand why you would want to use fake dns names. >> >> I don't especially want to use a fake name, I just don't have >> a real one to use... the machine I'm talking about is my home >> machine with dynamic IP > >Why not simply add an entry to /etc/hosts? Like I do to get a >pretty name for logins from my XP machine: > >192.168.0.6 my-xp-machine.org > >- Mark
Ok, what IP do I put? My dynamic IP in the real world (which is pretty static in practice), or something else? The address you've used in your example looks like my vmnet addresses. Cheers, Ben _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
