Re: [expert] multiple names on one machine?

[Daniel Woods]

Bruce,

> I have a DNS server, web server and working on a mail server on my desktop.
> I am wondering if I can use several name on one machine. For example can I name
> the web server "www" mail server "mail" instead of the machine name on the same
> box?

When I ping www/mail/news, I get my cable provider details for each.
If I add this line to my /etc/hosts file...
    24.xx.yy.zz    www mail news
Then pinging each gets my own server.

Thanks... Dan.