Computer DNS name

jmkelm08 · 05-29-2006, 10:49 PM

This question is probably easy for any experienced linux user. I'm running Fedora Core 4 with an apache httpd server. Currently I use the ip address to access the server.

Ex. http://192.168.0.36/repo

I want to be able to access this site using something more like: http://MyServer/repo. This server needs to be available to the linux and windows computers on my network only, not the entire internet. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

Thanks for any help!

zhjim · 05-29-2006, 10:59 PM

The /etc/hosts file does local dns on linux machines. And under Win XP its %WINDIR%\system32\etc\host.

Just put in an IP name pair and you should be going.

jmkelm08 · 05-29-2006, 11:57 PM

Do I have to do this on every machine? If so, is there a way to do it where you don't have to change each computer?

zhjim · 05-30-2006, 12:05 AM

Take a look at dnsmasq.

It's a ligthweight DNS Server. Much easier to configure like bind. I just stated the easiest way to accomplish it.

jmkelm08 · 05-30-2006, 12:28 AM

Ok, I have it working now. This is what I did:
changed the HOSTNAME field in /etc/sysconfig to "myserver.localdomain"
added "192.168.0.101 myserver.localdomain myserver" to /etc/hosts
I was able to access the server via another computer on the network using http://myserver

Are there any problems with the way I did it that I need to be aware of?

zhjim · 05-30-2006, 12:44 AM

Not really. If you change the IP of your server you need to update the hosts files again. But that's about it.