Setting hostname - fake and real

[Mark]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ben Paley
> Sent: woensdag 9 maart 2005 9:41
> To: Luke Kearney
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: Setting hostname - fake and real
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:20, Luke Kearney wrote:
> 
> > Hello Ben
> > Sounds like you might need some DNS magic here. I am not 
> entirely sure I
> > understand why you would want to use fake dns names.
> 
> I don't especially want to use a fake name, I just don't have 
> a real one to use... the machine I'm talking about is my home
> machine with dynamic IP

Why not simply add an entry to /etc/hosts? Like I do to get a
pretty name for logins from my XP machine:

192.168.0.6    my-xp-machine.org

- Mark