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  • 20-07-2005 11:26AM
    #1
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,015 ✭✭✭


    What's the best way to set up an intranet server's host name? i.e. so we don't have http://192.168.1.xxx/ but instead we have http://intranet/

    I know changing the name of the PC in windows does this without the need for a DNS server, how is this done in unix / linux land?


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  • #2
    deimos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭deimos


    colm_c wrote:
    What's the best way to set up an intranet server's host name? i.e. so we don't have http://192.168.1.xxx/ but instead we have http://intranet/

    I know changing the name of the PC in windows does this without the need for a DNS server, how is this done in unix / linux land?


    Look in your /etc/hosts file... or do a "man hosts" for details


  • #3
    fractal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭fractal


    yah.. /etc/hosts will doit but it will need to be edited for every client that needs to see the hostname...

    You're really much better off in the long run to go with setting up a DNS.... You could even put it on the same box as the webserver and it shouldnt put very much load on it at all for a small intranet..


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