[SLUG] DNS n all that

[Chris More]

Martin Webb wrote:
> Hello, All,
> 
> Funny sort of a problem.
> I've set up a server, at home, with Fedora 5, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
> This is to serve Moodle, a web facility for learning:
> 
> e.g.   http://moodle.ycoastco.ac.uk/   (have a look in your own browser).
> 
> It's still in the early stages, but is working fine, and can be accessed 
> from its www...org.uk web-domain address.
> 
> In order for Moodle to be accessible (i.e. to work) I have to tell 
> Moodle where its files are.  They have to be, of course, at 
> www...org.uk, so that they can be accessed from the Internet, even 
> though that address resolves to my own IP, and is then forwarded through 
> my router to the relevant machine.
> 
> However, because of that www address setting, the whole caboodle is 
> perfectly accessible to the Internet, but not to the host PC upstairs, 
> which wants the files to be at localhost.localdomain, not at some fancy 
> www website.
> 
> Of course, I can set wwwroot = localhost.localdomain rather than 
> www.somewhere.org.uk, and the local machine is then totally happy - but 
> Moodle is then not accessible from the Internet.
> 
> The question is, how can I gain access both for the Internet and for the 
> local machine.  Is there a settings in /etc/hosts or in some DNS file 
> somewhere that will redirect the local machine only, without interfering 
> with Internet guests?  I just need to tell the local machine that when 
> it sees www.somewhere.org.uk it really means localhost.localdomain.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 

You need to alter your etc/hosts file to point requests for 
www.somewhere.org.uk back to your local machine.   Each machine behind 
your router can be set this way.  There is a matching windows hosts file.

try googling for sample hosts files.

C