Devon, that works fine, it seems, for viewing from the actual server, or if I put it on each workstation...but having that in the hosts file on the server does nothing for the other machines on the internal network.
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Devon wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 18 January 2002 05:21 pm, Jerry Winegarden wrote: > > A quick solution is to use local hosts files (or lmhosts in the case of > > Doze boxen) with the web server's external fqdn in the hosts file with > > the local net address. > > > > Of course, this isn't quite as elegant, perhaps, as running your own > > local DNS server, or perhaps some routing magic, but it works. > > I've done this here for some time and it works well. > > My webserver is on the internal network with a private ip address. > - From outside, the firewall NAT rules pass the traffic with no problem. > > Internally, however, trying to connect to www.tuxfan.homeip.net would > fail. In /etc/hosts, I had this line: > 192.168.0.8 enigma.local enigma > > I added this line: > 192.168.0.8 www.tuxfan.homeip.net enigma > > I could have done it via the firewall or my internal dns as well, I > suppose, but this was quick and easy. > > - -D > > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8SO7zeMAUbzJhSVcRAnx8AJ9TVpwEjI5YfjaE9YvY1AU9kImiCQCgtzv/ > xXBCdncv7o/LxW4xEu0KIcg= > =bn9d > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
