creating virtual hostname

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Feb 27 08:20:39 UTC 2002


Mipam <mipam at ibb.net> wrote:

> Hi all,

> I tried looking up where to find info on creating an own domain
> or simply an own hostname.

> I'm using dhcp now and so the hostname which i receive is everytime
> variable. Now, since i know which nameservers are available,
> i installed bind and pointed in resolv.conf to 127.0.0.1 :-)
> I made a secondairy dns server for the domain in which im in.
> However, this causes trouble in using postfix cause you have to specify
> a hostname. So i thought why not create a hostname with bind.
> For example i wish to name my machine kahan.mipam.net
> So i guess i should add in named.conf

> zone "kahan.mipam.net" {
>         type master;
>         file "kahan.mipam.net";
> };

> But what do i now put in kahan.mipam.net file?
> And what ip should i give it?
> Bye,

See : "http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-192.html"  
for a good working example.


> Mipam.


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