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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: multiple names Date: 6 Jun 1996 10:28:13 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4p6brt$gmk@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4p4clr$5lo@stratus.skypoint.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4p4clr$5lo@stratus.skypoint.net>, Patrick Sonnek <psonnek@skypoint.com> wrote: >How would I configure me DNS (or hosts file) to point several different >names all to the same location. > >I am running named. My IP address is 206.9.159.17 the names are >parker.artbbs.com artbbs.com www.artbbs.com ftp.artbbs.com All of >these need to resolve to the same IP address. and I'm a little confused >on how to do this. I believe you need to put some canonical name (CNAME) entries in the zone file. However, if you're not completely sure what you're doing, get hold of the O'Reilly book "DNS and BIND" first. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ james@jraynard.demon.co.uk | jraynard@freebsd.org