On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:44:23 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 18.03.07 16:15, Celejar wrote: > > I want to configure a system-wide host alias. Say there's a host whose > > DNS name is 'foo.bar'. I want any network application that asks for > > 'baz' to get 'foo.bar'. I know I can do this for individual apps; in > > ssh, for example, I include these 2 lines in 'config': > > > > Host baz > > HostName foo.bar > > > > But is this possible on an app-independent, system-wide basis? If the > > host is accessed by several different apps, it would be a pain to do > > this separately for each one, and a greater pain to adjust if the alias > > ever changed. > > > > /etc/hosts allows aliases of names to IP addresses, but not, > > apparently, of one name to another without an IP address. Is there any > > way to do what I want (preferably without needing to install a DNS > > server, even a lightweight one such as dnsmasq)? > > I don't know about any. Even dnsmasq can't do that. > Why do you want to map name to another name? Why isn't mapping to IP enough > for you? I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, accessible on the internet via a dynamic DNS name. I want to refer to it by a short nickname. That's exactly what the 'HostName' option in the ssh 'config' file does, so someone finds this useful, and I was wondering if there's any way to do this on an application-independent basis. Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]