Now you are getting to the point...
As i see, you are mixing alias with domains.
domain -> the name of the domain.
host -> the location where is hosted some part of the domain.
alias -> something like a symlink to the host.
Nuxwin already explained it.
Please, stop fighting for nothing here (eg: you must learn DNS and so on...). Anyway, for now, those entries are not used. You must just note that the dot is not allowed for the alias entry.
nuxwin@mdev:~$ man -L en hosts
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HOSTS(5) Linux Programmer's Manual HOSTS(5)
NAME
hosts - The static table lookup for hostnames
SYNOPSIS
/etc/hosts
DESCRIPTION
This manual page describes the format of the /etc/hosts file. This file is a simple text file that associates IP addresses with hostnames, one
line per IP address. For each host a single line should be present with the following information:
IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...]
Fields of the entry are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. Text from a "#" character until the end of the line is a com‐
ment, and is ignored. Host names may contain only alphanumeric characters, minus signs ("-"), and periods ("."). They must begin with an alpha‐
betic character and end with an alphanumeric character. Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter hostnames, or
generic hostnames (for example, localhost).
Please, stop fighting for nothing here (eg: you must learn DNS and so on...). Anyway, for now, those entries are not used. You must just note that the dot is not allowed for the alias entry.
Agreed, arguiing is nonsense,
Only one more thing, what about changing the string "alias" to something like:
.- "local name"
.- "hostname"
.- "servername"
.- "servername without domain"
It would avoid confusions, and it would be using the therminology from wikipedia I'd use "local name"
QuoteOn the Internet, a hostname is a domain name assigned to a host computer. This is usually a combination of the host's local name with its parent domain's name
because his correct terminology is "alias", nothing else!
Alias is the correct term. Please read the man hosts.
Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, localhost).
Ok, so forget about this, but don't be surprised when people expect that an alias will be a domain alias like on every other part of the control panel.
Ok, so forget about this, but don't be surprised when people expect that an alias will be a domain alias like on every other part of the control panel.
I think you are the only one wrong here! All over the internet the term "alias" or "aliases" is used by webhosters to designate alternate methods of access a host.
Take a look @ the biggest webhosters:
- Godaddy.
- Google.
- Hostmonster.
- Hostgator.
- And many more...
So, you think you are right and everyone else is wrong?
Anyway, this topic doesn't have a reason to be.