[Dnsmasq-discuss] Is there a way to return an alias in preference to real host name?

[john doe]

On 8/2/2020 2:39 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> I have a couple of systems on my home LAN which have long, not very
> useful, names, e.g.:-
>
>      DESKTOP-978VD5M - An MS Windows machine
>      MC342-AE529C - An OKI printer
>
> I have added cname entries as follows in my dnsmasq.conf :-
>
>      cname=ben,DESKTOP-978VD5M
>      cname=oki,MC342-AE529C
>
> So I can refer to them as 'ben' and 'oki'.
>
> However it would be even better if the names 'ben' and 'oki' were
> returned when I use 'host', 'arp-scan' or similar commands.  Is there
> a way of getting dnsmasq to do this (preferably without losing the
> ability to use the long, unmemorable, names as well)?
>

The Host utility should say that 'oki' is an alias for 'MC342-AE529C'
then show Ip(s) for the record.

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John Doe