Manually add dns record

I wish to add a domain name as an alias to another domain to my server manually without the use of the control panel.

I know how to do the apache bit but am not familiar on how to go about doing the DNS bit.

Can anyone tell me how I could go about managing this.

Also would doing this cause any problems with direct admin?

DNS can be used to point any domain to any IP# anywhere on the net, and no, it won't hurt DA to do it.

You'll have to know how to create a DNS zone file and how to create a link to it in the /etc/named.conf file.

Both are beyond the scope of this forum.

You can create an alias using a CNAME record. But you cannot create the alias information for the apache deamon in DNS; that has to be done in the apache configuration on the server hosting the domain you're aliasing to.

Jeff