[Dnsmasq-discuss] Simple question how to give multiple names to one host?

[Chris G]

On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 06:57:32PM -0600, richardvoigt at gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
> > Chris G wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:16:42PM +0000, Simon Kelley wrote:
> >>> Chris G wrote:
> >>>> I have a dnsmasq.conf file with the following at the end:-
> >>>>
> >>>>     dhcp-host=chris,192.168.1.4
> >>>>
> >>>> How do I get 192.168.1.4 to have some other names as well (for apache2
> >>>> virtual hosting)?
> >>>>
> >>> Equally simple answer:
> >>>
> >>> cname=<some other name>,chris
> >>>
> >>> You can have as many CNAMEs as you like for the primary name.
> >>>
> >> Brilliant, thanks, it just wasn't very easy to find in the dnsmasq man page.
> >>
> > I've added a pointer to --cname on the section on --dhcp-host.
> 
> It might also be worthwhile using the word "alias" in the description
> of --cname, because that's one of the most common search terms
> (AFAICT).
> 
Yes, I tried searching for 'alias' in the man page when I was trying
to work out how to do this.

-- 
Chris Green