On Wednesday 28 September 2005 07:46, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > Whats the best way to keep several /etc/host files in sync ? > > The easiest way is not to bother. Use a local dns server to provide host > lookups. > > I believe on the gentoo wiki you'll find a setup for a caching dns proxy > where the most lookups will be forwarded to a regular dns but you can still > provide local host lookups and reverse lookups. > > Works great for me and I don't have to worry about whatever /etc/hosts > contains. Also ensures that new windows clients added to the network don't > need their files updated, either. In fact, the default BIND install will do the forwarding. I don't know if it's caching, but it definately works well on my (small) home network. I use Webmin for management, and it works great. I also use ISC dhcpd to assign my systems their static internal IP addresses by their MAC address, and to give the location of the DNS server, so I don't have to do any network configuration on my clients. It really works well for me.
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