From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from idea1.anoeticconcepts.com ([64.191.54.245]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D0Ud0-0006Dr-00 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:02:18 -0500 Received: from [68.191.213.191] (helo=FRANK) by idea1.anoeticconcepts.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1D0Ud3-00079g-PA for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:02:22 -0500 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:02:05 -0600 From: Stephen Clower X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1368778737.20050213190205@steve-audio.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000c01c5122f$df650670$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> References: <000c01c5122f$df650670$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - idea1.anoeticconcepts.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - steve-audio.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Making a hostname show up in a traceroute, ala rednote X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Stephen Clower , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:02:19 -0000 Nick, Not sure how Redhat's set up, but in Slackware there's a file called /etc/hosts which allows you to assign aliases to various IP addresses. On Sunday, February 13, 2005, 6:55:23 PM, you stood on a roof and loudly proclaimed: > Hello all. > Recently, a friend of mine who is starting up a hosting > company set hostnames on his boxes that are sitting on the planet. > As an example, he wants 246.70-85-55.reverse.theplanet.com to show > up as raynbobox.fmservers.co.uk when one traces to this server, a > lot like how rednote shows up. Any ideas on how this is done? > Thanks, > Nick > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ---------- Stephen Clower Email/.Net Messenger: steve@steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 Skype: sclower Check out my little home on the web at http://www.steve-audio.net