[TriLUG] Reverse Lookup Using /etc/hosts

[jason at monsterjam.org]

a very easy way to do what you want is to  install dnsmasq
it will allow you to treat your /etc/hosts
as dns entries to your server AND clients
i think the -b flag will do what you want.

release 0.991 Added -b flag: when set causes dnsmasq to always answer
	      reverse queries on the RFC 1918 private IP space itself and
              never forward them to an upstream server. If the name is not in
	      /etc/hosts, dnsmasq replies with the dotted-quad address.

Jason


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