Redirect one domain to other using hosts file or similar

Question

Usually, the syntax in the /etc/hosts file is

IP hostname alias1 alias2

but I want to make something like

SERVER  SERVER2

but I don't want to specify the SERVER IP in the file, only the host name.

Is there any way to achieve it, with this file or any other? Thanks.

Answer 1

The only way I know of to easily achieve what you want is to simply insert the record if you have your own DNS server, or see if your router allows you to insert custom zones.

However, you will probably still have the same problem as (If I understand what you want to do) remote servers usually need to be configured for host headers if the server hosts more than one website.