aj@azure.humbug.org.au (Anthony Towns) wrote on 07.02.99 in <[🔎] 19990207160837.B9236@azure.humbug.org.au>: > Making it "eth0:0 ftp.freakystuff.com" *might* be more acceptable but > probably not all that much. You can usually use a name wherever you can use an IP address, and it just works. It needs to be in DNS, or if DNS is not up yet, in /etc/hosts, but that's all. MfG Kai