Re: host aliases

2007-03-23 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:25:44 + Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > vOn Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:24:47 -0400 > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:40:13 +0100 > > Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > On 20.03.07 15:18, Celeja

Re: host aliases

2007-03-23 Thread Liam O'Toole
vOn Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:24:47 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:40:13 +0100 > Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > On 20.03.07 15:18, Celejar wrote: > > > Not sure what you mean. How can I access it directly from the > > > internet wi

Re: host aliases

2007-03-22 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:40:13 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > On 20.03.07 15:18, Celejar wrote: > > Not sure what you mean. How can I access it directly from the internet > > without knowing the IP address or using the long dynamic DNS name? > > put 'search the.dy

Re: host aliases

2007-03-22 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:40:13 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 20 March 2007 03:44, Celejar wrote: > > > > I do indeed have my router / dhcp server configured to assign a > > > > specific IP address to the system, (recognized by its MAC address), as > > > > y

Re: host aliases

2007-03-22 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > On Tuesday 20 March 2007 03:44, Celejar wrote: > > > I do indeed have my router / dhcp server configured to assign a > > > specific IP address to the system, (recognized by its MAC address), as > > > you suggest. The problem is that I also access the same system over the > > > internet via dyna

Re: host aliases

2007-03-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:27:08 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 20 March 2007 03:44, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:58:57 +0100 > > > > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 19 March 2007 14:48, Celejar wrote: > > > > I don't, in general, kn

Re: host aliases

2007-03-20 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Tuesday 20 March 2007 03:44, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:58:57 +0100 > > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 19 March 2007 14:48, Celejar wrote: > > > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, > > > >

Re: host aliases

2007-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:58:57 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 19 March 2007 14:48, Celejar wrote: > > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, > ^ > > if it's on your LAN, wh

Re: host aliases

2007-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:45:59 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, > > accessible on the internet via a dynamic DNS name. I want to refer to > > it by a short nickname. That's

Re: host aliases

2007-03-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, > accessible on the internet via a dynamic DNS name. I want to refer to > it by a short nickname. That's exactly what the 'HostName' option in How long are your hostnames? I deliberately choo

Re: host aliases

2007-03-19 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Monday 19 March 2007 14:48, Celejar wrote: > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, ^ if it's on your LAN, why can't you just give a static internal IP address ? If a DHCP server supplies certain

Re: host aliases

2007-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:44:23 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18.03.07 16:15, Celejar wrote: > > 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

Re: host aliases

2007-03-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 18.03.07 16:15, Celejar wrote: > 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 'con

Re: host aliases

2007-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:07:26 +0100 Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Get the IP of foo.bar and give bar the entry in the hosts file > (closest you can get afaik without doing dns) > > > Am 18.03.2007 um 21:15 schrieb Celejar: > > /etc/hosts allows aliases of names to IP addresses, bu

Re: host aliases

2001-02-11 Thread hanasaki
This is alot like a question I had about DHCP / DNS. I control DHCP and DNS for my subnet and use DHCP for all hosts. Well all but routers and firewalls. The need is to have: 1. DHCP use the NIC's MAC to identify a machine constistantly 2. Assign a random IP from the pool. On Fri, 9 Feb 200