On Wed, 21.11.07 12:09, Trent Lloyd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi Bluejack, > > On 07/11/2007, at 4:03 AM, Bluejack wrote: > > > On Nov 5, 2007 2:57 PM, Bluejack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How do I publish an alias to a certain machine? > >> > >> Ie., I have 'foo.local' which also needs to be known as > >> 'bar.local' ... > >> > >> Can avahi do this? > > > > Should I assume the deafening silence means that I cannot publish > > multiple names? > > You can do this with the /etc/avahi/hosts file. Alternatively you can > use avahi-publish-host-name.
No, he cannot. Since he wants to define an alias, not a new hostname. I.e. he only wants to register an A RR, no reverse PTR RR. But if you stick something into /etc/avahi/hosts then it registers both, and detects a collision if the PTR RR is non-unique, which would be the case for an alias. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 _______________________________________________ avahi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/avahi
