[GRLUG] local dns

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 08:02:37AM -0500, Topher 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?

From the...uh...ahem...manpage:

EXAMPLE
       127.0.0.1       localhost
       192.168.1.10    foo.mydomain.org       foo
       192.168.1.13    bar.mydomain.org       bar
       146.82.138.7    master.debian.org      master
       209.237.226.90  www.opensource.org

:-)
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