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From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com>
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Subject: RE: aliases for hosts
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:16:47 -0800
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/etc/hosts will only work for staticlyt assigned ip's.  If your using DHCP
then you will have to look towards something more like DNS I think.

Gene Dinkey
Hewlett Packard Customer Care
TCD - PA-RISC based workstations
Phone: 970.278.8732
Fax:   970.613.2257


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arcady Genkin [mailto:antipode@thpoon.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 12:23 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: aliases for hosts
> 
> 
> /etc/hosts lets me define an alias to an IP address.
> 
> Is there any way to define an alias in such a way that DNS lookup
> *would* be performed, but only on an expanded name of the host?
> 
> For example, I'd like to alias `cdf.utoronto.ca' to `cdf', without
> having to enter its IP address (which can theoretically change) into
> /etc/hosts.
> 
> Many thanks,
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin
> Don't read everything you believe.
> 
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