[Novalug] setting up multiple "localhosts" with different names

[Bonnie Dalzell]

Ubuntu Karmic

I am attempting to install a php mysql application on my local machine to 
test it out.

Thanks to an online tutorial I found at:

http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/php/configure-php-environment-ubuntu.html

I have figured out how to change localhost so that it points to a 
subdirectory in my user account and works.

However the application set up instructions for the dog database 
application from source forge says that:

<quote>
you will not be successful when using "http://localhost/dogarchive"
as then some cookies won't work, you need to use a hostname that contains 
at least two decimals such as www.test.net.
<end quote>

Then the instructions tell how to do this for Windoze.

How would I make a localhost hostname with two decimals under linux?

Can I have several different localhosts? (like one in the user directory 
and the one that is under /var/www and the one with the two decimals 
in the name?
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