[thelist] mac & localhost

Daniel J. Cody djc at members.evolt.org
Mon Apr 15 09:43:01 CDT 2002


Gey George -

On OSX, edit the /etc/hosts file and enter something like:

111.222.111.222 chewbacca

with whatever IP address chewy is. You can also do it from Netinfo it
looks like, machines -> add although I'm not that familiar with netinfo
yet..

hth :)

.djc.
-proud to have answered his first OSX question :)-

George Klingenhoffer wrote:
> Is there a way for MacOS9x or OSX to recognize the computer name of my web
> server (which runs WinXP)?  I could use the IP address but it's easier to
> remember the computer name.
>
> Example:
> http://chewbacca/new.asp
>
> Thanks!





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