Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:45:57 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DNS Message-ID: <3B0D8115.3083BC7A@iowna.com> References: <F136HD7PQ0rsnjiRJim00004a7a@hotmail.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105240627180.40970-100000@q.closedsrc.org> <20010524141942.A121223@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:28:16AM -0700, Linh Pham wrote: > > On 2001-05-24, Lee Mark Mercado scribbled: > > > > # I was wondering how i could make my myowndomain.com to show up as my host > > # address instead of what my ISP gave me (myISPdomain.com) ? > > > > What you need to do is contact your ISP and ask them if they can change > > the reverse DNS lookups for your IP addresses to > > whatever.myowndomain.com > > > > -- > > Linh Pham > > If a person is assigned a Dyn.IP -- is this still possible? My gut > feeling says -- nyet ;) Not really practical, and I doubt your ISP would comply. If you're only worried about the local machine thinking it is myowndomain.com you can set the hostname and entries in /etc/hosts and it will take care of that. Other machines doing reverse DNS will still see myISPdomain.com though. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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