I know the following rules in my dnsmasq.conf file will redirect all requests with a ".dev" top level domain back to my local machine.
listen-address=127.0.0.1
address=/.dev/127.0.0.1
The problem I am having is that I want to set up an alias such that "myserver" gets directed to a real address out on the net "myserver.example.com".
Before installing dnsmasq, I used an entry in my hosts file to accomplish the task, something like...
555.555.555.555 myserver
This allowed me to simply type something like:
ssh myserver
to connect to my remote server.
The problem, this no longer works since I installed dnsmasq.
I have tried to configure dnsmasq to direct these requests to the proper server but so far I have had no luck. A few things I have tried unsuccessfully include...
1) using the "local" configuration directive in the following manner:
local=/myserver/
It was my understanding that this would force dnsmasq to use the hosts file for looking up the alias, it did not.
2) I tried defining an address entry in the configuration:
address=/myserver/555.555.555.555
Maybe it is a syntax issue, but this did not work either.
3) I tried adjusting the hosts file on the computer to alias the full host name like so...
myserver.example.com myserver
This like the above, did not work either.
Anyone have any suggestions on what to try next?
Thanks in advance.
