[SOLVED] globbing in /etc/hosts or something similar

Xyne · 2010-03-23 08:27:02

Is there any way to glob addresses in /etc/hosts?
If not, which seems to be the case, is there something else that could achieve a similar effect?

Example:

127.0.0.1 *.localhost # enable subdomains on localhost (with Apache virtual hosts)

It's not that tedious to manually add them and I could probably write a script, but it would be useful for other things (127.0.0.1 *.google.* )

Last edited by Xyne (2010-03-24 09:04:25)

chpln · 2010-03-23 11:00:40

BIND supports DNS wildcards, which seems to be what you're after.

Just for fun I went through the process of setting this up, and it's not too difficult. I did need to do a bit of research to figure out the syntax for the DNS zones. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources which describe this.

Briefly, the process I went through for wildcard domain resolution:
1) Install bind and invoke named
2) Ensure the nameserver is included in resolv.conf and that the DNS service is in the host DB of /etc/nsswitch.conf
3) Edit /etc/named.conf and the corresponding zone file.

There's an article on debian-administration which focuses on exactly the case you proposed.

Last edited by chpln (2010-03-23 11:04:56)

Xyne · 2010-03-24 09:04:10

Thanks chpln.

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#1 2010-03-23 08:27:02

[SOLVED] globbing in /etc/hosts or something similar

#2 2010-03-23 11:00:40

Re: [SOLVED] globbing in /etc/hosts or something similar

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Re: [SOLVED] globbing in /etc/hosts or something similar

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