I want to configure a system-wide host alias. Say there's a host whose DNS name is 'foo.bar'. I want any network application that asks for 'baz' to get 'foo.bar'. I know I can do this for individual apps; in ssh, for example, I include these 2 lines in 'config':
Host baz HostName foo.bar But is this possible on an app-independent, system-wide basis? If the host is accessed by several different apps, it would be a pain to do this separately for each one, and a greater pain to adjust if the alias ever changed. /etc/hosts allows aliases of names to IP addresses, but not, apparently, of one name to another without an IP address. Is there any way to do what I want (preferably without needing to install a DNS server, even a lightweight one such as dnsmasq)? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
