[GRLUG] local dns

[Ben Rousch]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Ben Rousch wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I know this is common, but I don't remember what it's called.  I'm
>>> working
>>> on a web site, and I need my local machine to look at a different server
>>> for
>>> the domain name than the world dns thinks I should.
>>>
>>> Do I put something in resolve.conf so I can look at the dev server using
>>> the
>>> real domain name?
>>
>> I think you're looking for /etc/hosts
>
> Yeah, that sounds right.  What would the syntax be?

Hah, sorry, haven't had my coffee yet. There's usually a couple of
localhost entries in there as examples, but something like:

192.168.0.1	firewall
192.168.0.30	infosys2 ben.infosys2
192.168.0.103   vcs vcs.office.vdiw.net vcs.vdiw.local

IP Address, whitespace, hostnames separated by whitespace

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