[Dnsmasq-discuss] Mapping one domain name to other using dnsmasq

[Ed W]

On 31/05/2011 15:20, Aman Gujaria wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My test setup has a client that tries to open www.mysitexyz.com
> <http://www.mysitexyz.com/>, but this inturn needs to be mapped to
> abc.def.com <http://abc.def.com> which is the actual domain name for my
> server. Is there any way to do this mapping using dnsmasq?
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

In dns terms, such an alias is called a CNAME.  I don't use this feature
of dnsmasq, but I believe you can make it serve such records using the
--cname command, eg see here:
	http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html

Good luck

Ed W