On Mon, 2011-09-19 at 12:07 -0600, linux guy wrote:
> Something I should interject here is that it isn't just setting the IP
> address of the server.   I find the biggest problem is keeping
> the /etc/hosts lists current on all the clients.
> 
> Is there a way to statically assign the IP address to the servers and
> not have to update the /etc/hosts file on all the machines ?  I know
> this is what DNS is supposed to do, but I've never used it that way.
----
that is indeed one of the primary purposes of DNS

Learn it, love it, stop maintaining /etc/hosts

Craig


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