CentOS - Apr 2011 - How to set the hostname alias in DNS server

Hi ,all:


There has a problem which confused me for a long time . The problem is the
following:

Would I can set the hostname alias in DNS server?

That's to say,  for example , if  my hostname is called server,  that
it's
ip address is 127.0.0.1
and I want to alias another name called aaa


Gernerally, I can edit the /etc/hosts file to modify it, but the another
computer did not recognise it.
How could I do it ?



Thanks in advanced ....
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On 4/6/11 8:18 PM, sync wrote:
> Hi ,all:
>
>
> There has a problem which confused me for a long time . The problem is the
> following:
>
> Would I can set the hostname alias in DNS server?
>
> That's to say,  for example , if  my hostname is called server,  that
it's ip
> address is 127.0.0.1
> and I want to alias another name called aaa
First, 127.0.0.1 is a special case that always refers to the same host where the
connection originates, so you can't really use that from another machine 
regardless of how you resolve the name.
> Gernerally, I can edit the /etc/hosts file to modify it, but the another
> computer did not recognise it.
> How could I do it ?
That is up to your DNS server type.  If it is BIND/named you'll have a zone
file
for each domain it is serving with an 'A' record entry for a name and
IP, and
you would add CNAME entries for aliases or additional names.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com