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If the local host's IP address is in /etc/hosts (which is normal),
then you can create a CNAME to it. Otherwise, myabe use
- --interface-name to create a name for the local host, and make CNAMEs
to that?
Cheers,
Simon.
On 15/11/15 18:57, Malte Forkel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using cname options in dnsmasq.conf to specify logical names
> for hosts on the local network. This does not seem to work if the
> target is the local host; dnsmasq can't resolve the logical name.
>
> According to the manual, a cname target "must be a DNS name which
> is known to dnsmasq from /etc/hosts (or additional hosts files),
> from DHCP, from --interface-name or from another --cname".
>
> For now, I have added a line to an existing additional hosts file
> assigning the local host's IP address to the logical name. Is there
> a more eleqant solution, e.g. an option in dnsmasq.conf, may be
> even involving cname after all?
>
> Thanks in advance, Malte
>
>
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