Re: [TCLUG:10322] Intranet Web Server and DNS

[Jonathan Kline <jonathankl@sabis.org>]

Hey:
	Are the machines in your office 95 or Linux?  Either way edit the
hosts file so it looks like this 'Server IP' 'hostname' 'short name or
hostname again'
	Good Luck


	Jonathan Kline, A+
	Webmaster at students.ism-sabis.net

On 21 Nov 1999, Philip Forst wrote:

> Linux server newbie question.
> 
> I am setting up a web & dhcp server where I work.  This is for fun, not part
> of my job.  The web server will run Apache and serve up a site that I created
> just for the office.  The site does have links to the outside world, but is
> primarily for information dissemiation and is not visible to the outside
> world. Even though this server will never be available to the world outside
> the office, I would like to give it a server/site name such as
> intra.myofficename.com instead of an IP address so that it's easier for
> employees to remember.  
> 
> The NFS is Novell/NT and everything besides dhcp and Apache is on other
> servers.  My question:  Is there a way to give the site a name
> (intra.myofficename.com) without setting up a DNS server within the office? 
> If not, will a caching DNS server fit the bill?  I've read a few of the
> how-tos but have been unable to understand how to associate the site name and
> the IP address.  Any assistance that you can provide is appreciated.  Thank
> you.
> 
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