Questions tagged [hosts]
/etc/hosts is the configuration file with locally known mappings between domain name and ip address.
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How do you redirect your local machine to go to www.google.com when www.microsoft.com is entered in the browser's URL bar?
If I modify my /etc/hosts file from this:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
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how to add multiple interfaces in `/etc/hosts.allow` file?
SSH is listening on all the available 10 Ethernet interfaces in my system. I have tested using nc 160.49.198.97 22 command in Linux. To allow only particular interface and block others, i have created ...
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Passing last IP octet to a host alias and have it added to complete full proxycommand with ip address
I wish to have this all done in the ssh config file for a specific user. The site has hard-coded ip addresses into there various software and using the naming convention is not really an option.
Host ...
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zsh completion for cssh: complete hosts from /etc/hosts as well as ~/.ssh/config
my zsh completion file _cssh has this line, which completes hosts only from /etc/hosts:
'*:userhostport: _alternative hosts:host:_hosts usersathosts:userathost:_user_at_host'
how do I make it ...
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Why do I get different browser behaviour when attempting to reach bitcoin.stackexchange.com and the alias of its IP in /etc/hosts?
I haven't found any browser that supports aliases defined in /etc/hosts even when single terms (without having to prepend in the browser with http://) are not interpreted as search terms for the ...
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/etc/hosts alias or multiple record
I want to know what is different between this two configuration :
First :
127.0.0.1 localhost my-hostname
192.168.10.12 host-a a.com
Second :
127.0.0.1 localhost my-hostname
192.168.10....
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Can't connect to domain listed in /etc/hosts connects via IP
Debian 12/Bookworm headless host
I have a local container running with an IP of 10.88.0.2. I can access the container via IP:
root@dev ~# ping -c2 10.88.0.2
PING 10.88.0.2 (10.88.0.2) 56(84) bytes of ...
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Is checking /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf sufficient to know that no server is trying to falsely represent itself as another?
Say I want to make sure that no malicious actor or process has made an attempt to falsely represent a legitimate web server with their own malicious server on Linux, anticipating that the user will ...
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Ubuntu: Broadcast CNAMES/Alias to the router/ DHCP server/ DNS server
I am trying to build a portable home server with a Intel NUC. My requirement is to plug my NUC to any of my friends or relatives router and with minimal configuration, preferably no configuration, be ...
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What is the purpose of the 127.0.1.1 entry in /etc/hosts?
Been googling this but found very ambiguous answers and I'm curious if I should modify these values, my VPS hosts file looks like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 debian
144.17.4.xx porter.info ...
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sudo: unable to resolve host debian: Name or service not known. I've already set host name in /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts but it keeps changing?
Hello Linux community.
I have a VPS service bought from Vultr, so this is not some home standalone PC with Linux installed on it. I have to deal with all this obscure Control Panel setup they "...
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Create hostnames per IP on Debian
I use a server with multiple IP addresses as a Squid proxy. Sadly every query to every IP address will expose the primary hostname of my webserver. So I added the following lines to my /etc/hosts file:...
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cache /etc/hosts and /etc/resolve.conf forever
I'm looking for a way to cache the hosts file, the resolv.conf file and new DNS entries and the closest thing that doesn't quite work is nscd. Nscd will happily cache DNS requests that are present in ...
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How to block or whitelist specific webpages or files within a domain but block most of the domain?
I know how to use /etc/hosts to redirect www.herpaderp.com to 0.0.0.0
The problem is I need one page file from the website on a regular basis.
I want to whitelist www.herpaderp.com/dir/foo.bar while ...
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Why accessing 0.0.0.0:443 gets redirected to 127.0.0.1:443 on Linux and how to disallow it?
tl;dr: accessing 0.0.0.0:port (eg. curl http://0.0.0.0:443) gets redirected(internally) to 127.0.0.1:port (where port is any port number) (eg. the previous curl command is the same as curl http://127....
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Connection to test server by editing hosts file results certificate error [closed]
My website running from centos 7 VPS have some compatibility issues, so I purchased a VPS and created a copy of the website and tried to fix them without affecting my website. But the problem is I ...
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associate IP with hostname without editing /etc/hosts
I know I can associate hostname with my IP address in /etc/hosts:
1.2.3.4 foo
and then, for example in tcpdump output, I will see foo instead of my IP address (if -n was not used)
Anyways, can I ...
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Webserver /etc/hosts file questions
I know that the hostname of the server should be listed in the /etc/hosts file.
1.1.1.1 server1.example.com server1
Do I also need to list every domain hosted on the server within the /etc/hosts file ...
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cannot access github.com
I cannot nslookup github:
nslookup github 8.8.8.8
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
nslookup github.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
nb: default ns server =...
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Unable to resolve DNS names that are mentioned in the /etc/hosts file
I am running RHEL8 and running into a very weird issue. I have host entries in my /etc/hosts file, but when I go to ping them, I am getting name resolution errors.
Here's an example of my /etc/hosts ...
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Debian /etc/hosts has unusual entry
I switched from Ubuntu to Debian
And in debian the /etc/hosts file after a new install is (on a cloud server):
127.0.1.1 static.246.62.63.178.clients.your-server.de static
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Random DNS errors after change to nsswitch.conf
I recently installed my EPSON L3150 printer's drivers and about the same time I started having weird (and random) DNS name resolution errors in some applications (ssh, nextcloud-client), that I can ...
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How to change the host address that my web server listens on?
I am setting up a web server on my Ubuntu host. To be specifically, it is gdbgui. According to its help info, I can use --host to specify the host IP it listens on. And on my host, I have below IP ...
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Trying to block website
I have Linux and i try to block website and i have followed this kind of way to block website in my computer..
Steps to block websites in Linux
Open terminal shortcut keys Ctrl + Alt + T.
Type sudo ...
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Is it possible to block website through system Linux firewall for browser that used DNS over HTTPS?
OS: Fedora 34
Browser: Mozilla Firefox with DoH enabled
I'm trying to block website through core Linux settings (not web browser extension etc). Problem is inside DoH that I'm using. If I disable DoH, ...
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How to synchronizing /etc/hosts files across multiple linux machines
I have 20 linux servers that use /etc/hosts files to see and talk with each other. I'm adding servers to this pool of servers.
It is required to do host resolution via the /etc/hosts files. DNS or NIS ...
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How can I push to GitHub when it's blocked?
Right now, https://github.com is blocked with 127.0.0.1 github.com www.github.com in the /etc/hosts file. However, I need to push from git to GitHub. How can I achieve this without editing my hosts ...
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copy files from multiple remote machines to local and create directories for remote machines
Have multiple vm machines that am using for studying, and have come up with this script for copying some files from vm's to my local machine:
SG=rohos; date; for i in `cat /etc/hosts | grep "$SG-&...
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Blocking domain on host, results in blocking domain on guest VM (QEMU/KVM)
Desired Outcome
I want to block a.com on a host machine, but allow it on a guest VM. (I would also like to use dnsmasq to re-point domains on the guest machine independently.)
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On a Linux Mint ...
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How do I get the inside of the network to see the server properly? Inside the network, foobar.net doesn't resolve
I'm running MINT 20.1.
I am connected to the net via AT&T UVERSE fiber optic.
I have a DNS, foobar.net, set up to point at my router, and when I am outside the network, I can load a website ...
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Why is bash listing the effective content of /etc/hosts if I press Super_L+Space?
The title pretty much sums it up.
I have some (minimal) content in /etc/hosts.
The file looks something like:
# some comment
127.0.0.1 localhost foo bar
1.2.3.4 baz
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Why is the IP address lookup in /etc/hosts only sometimes work?
The '/etc/hosts' file in a Linux laptop (with LAN IP 172.17.37.21) by default contains :
127.0.1.1 Acer-Aspire-6930G
When I want to reach this laptop wirelessly from a smartphone or a PC using an FTP ...
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The authenticity of host can't be established but that host is in known_hosts file
In order to skip initial SSH negotiation, I have added the public key of the server I am going to connect to inside my known_hosts file, following these suggestions.
However, when trying to connect to ...
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Is there a distro specific to the LAMP stack?
I tried real hard to get LAMP stack working on my pop_os home pc, but could not get it working. Is there a distro in existence with the LAMP stack preinstalled which I can just add WordPress on top of....
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Apache2: Hosting Multiple Sites (Ubuntu Server)
I am new working with system.d and services on ubuntu/debian. I'm trying to serve multiple sites on the same Apache2 (I am note sure if I should have 3 apache2 folders for the each service). The ...
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My /etc/hosts is having no effect
I added a large number of domains to my /etc/hosts, in the hope of preventing outgoing traffic to those sites.
Now I have found however that my /etc/hosts is having no effect.
It's meant to serve as a ...
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mDNS instead of IP in /etc/hosts?
I have a laptop that I want to communicate with from my other PC. Sometimes I need to connect with this laptop for various tasks (ssh, scp, ping, to reach some locally hosted website, etc. - dev stuff ...
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Can I use /etc/hosts to whitelist domains?
I set up a little ubuntu box for my son for remote learning and I would like him to only access certain domains in the browser. I was thinking of doing a blanket etc/hosts but I would need to add ...
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Arch linux: spotify stuck offiline
I have installed spotify on arch linux via yay. When I open spotify it says it is offline even when I have working internet connection and throws error code: 4
This is log of spotify:
spotify: /usr/...
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Is it possible to configure /etc/hosts on a per network basis?
I have a server at home with a domain name (let's call it domain.name). On my laptop, I have added this line to /etc/hosts:
192.168.1.7 domain.name
At home, this is great, but at others places this ...
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Can a line in /etc/hosts on Linux contain just an IP address?
I am closely working on /etc/hosts file in Linux. I have designed some operations for /etc/hosts file like add, modify and delete.
I have read little about /etc/hosts and got to know that it contains &...
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How do I assign a hostname to a dynamic IP address assigned by DHCP?
On my home network, the IPv4 address changes regularly, probably because when my computer got turned off, another computer was assigned to the same address so when I started my computer, there was an ...
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Ansible - Access group variables in tasks
I have my inventory file configured with group variables. Example:
all:
children:
europe:
vars:
network_id: 3
network_name: "europe-eu"
hosts:
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Hosts.deny on FreeBSD suddenly empty?
I'm wondering why a hosts.deny file with about 600 denied IPs and ranges would sudden empty itself. Is there any reason for this to happen automatically? No one else has connected to the server to ...
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Unable to resolve entry in hosts file?
I have the following entry in the hosts file:
127.0.0.1 postgres
This works most of the time:
[root@l25 log]# ping postgres
PING postgres (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (...
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bash like autocompletion for ssh command in zsh shell with /etc/hosts file?
zsh is great so far.
I am using zsh-completions but still I am unable to get autocompletion for ssh commands like in bash as shown in below screenshot:
How to get hostnames from /etc/hosts for ssh | ...
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How do I write dig output to /etc/hosts file?
I'm a shell beginner and here's an example, I don't know how to implement it.
Any help, thanks in advance!
Step 1: Get the domain resolution A record via dig.
dig @8.8.8.8 liveproduseast.akamaized....
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Device or resource busy - getaddrinfo
I'm on a CentOS 7 VM running PG, MariaDB, sidekiq and apache httpd. Sometimes my logs are spammed with errors such as:
unable to resolve address: System error
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What will happen if I add 1 million lines in /etc/hosts/ [duplicate]
I am trying to write a website blocker and the simplest thing I found is putting lines at the end of /etc/hosts. If I want ot have 1 million websites blocked that redirect to localhost would that slow ...
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How do I modify the lines in a etc/hosts?? Add # in the beginnig of the line which has specific domain?
I have a host file which has about 15 lines of a specific host entry.
All these host entries has the text # Entry added by Automation in the entry.
For example:
10.122.123.124 file1.auto.test-...
