It would also give him some good learning on DNS... On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > Tom, >  Are you certain you need DNS and not, say, an entry in your hosts file (/etc/hosts)? > Usually when testing I just add a hosts entry for the domain in question to the test client boxes and/or servers and that resolves things without having to mess with DNS. > > Tom Ostlund wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I have my LAMP setup working just fine but I would like to setup dns so >> that I can fully test the sites that I am working on locally. This is >> where google fails me. I can see all kinds of stuff for Ubuntu Server >> but not really anything for Ubuntu Desktop. >> >> Can anyone send me a link to a NOOB tutorial on setting this up? >> Thanks >> Tom >> Mesa, Az >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss