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/etc/hosts is the configuration file with locally known mappings between domain name and ip address.

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Why it works for me to have more than 1 register for a name but pointing to different IPs in my `/etc/hosts`?

My scenario Relevant entries in my /etc/hosts (I have them written in the same order you see them here) 172.22.5.107 www.wordpress-rend-adri.com 192.168.1.116 www.wordpress-rend-adri.com I use ...
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/etc/hosts and aliases

I puchased a domain, say fireworks.com, and I would like to call my server ubuntu-18-04. How am I expected to edit /etc/hosts? Is it possible to add multiple aliases as follows? 127.0.0.1 ...
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Correct /etc/hosts configuration in ubuntu 18.04

Hello i want to have three virtual severs in my localhost Virtual machine Ubbuntu 18.04. Id like one localhost -> /var/www/html one onlyoffice.eduardo.com -> /var/www/onlyoffice ( document server) ...
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`hostname` result is different from “/etc/hostname”! [duplicate]

If I open a terminal windows in my graphical user interface, hostname command result is different from content of /etc/hostname: me@ZyXEL1:~$ hostname ZyXEL1 me@ZyXEL1:~$ cat /etc/hostname N4010 me@...
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Hosts file - accessing Apache server running on remote VM

Newbie question. Attempting to configure my client machine (Mac OS X 10.14) so that I can access resources on an Apache Server running on a Remote VM (RedHat 7.5) via the client web browser. Have ...
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Pair two file / Remove duplicate entries

I have two host file list like this: file1.hosts 0.0.0.0 site1.com 0.0.0.0 site2.com file2.hosts 0.0.0.0 site1.com 0.0.0.0 site3.com Now I want one list that looks like this: hosts.hosts 0.0.0....
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Why does localhost resolve to ::1 but not 127.0.0.1

With getent hosts localhost, I only get ::1, although I expect 127.0.0.1. I have IPv6 disabled, so getting ::1 is even more surprising. To add to the confusion, when I ping localhost, pings are sent ...
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Why do changes to /etc/hosts take effect immediately?

Changes to /etc/hosts file seem to take effect immediately. I'm curious about the implementation. What magic is used to achieve this feature? Ask Ubuntu: After modifying /etc/hosts which service ...
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Is it ok to combine machines with DNS server management and machines that do host lookups through a hosts file?

We have a cluster of Linux machines. DNS of these machines is managed by a DNS server (a Windows machine with DNS records). Now we want to add an additional cluster with Linux machines that would do ...
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Variable for SCP command in script

I'm trying to write a script that will check what is the last modified/created file on the server, then copy it to my homedirectory on this server and then copy this file from node to my local machine....
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is there any advantage to use dns server instead of dns that based on /etc/hosts

we have two option to use DNS in our presto cluster use /etc/hosts and set all aliases in hosts files use DNS server ( WIN 2008 server ) , and configure /etc/resolve.conf the first option is more ...
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How to ignore hosts file? [closed]

I need to know if there is a web browser using its own "hosts" file or simply ignoring the "hosts" file from OS. UPDATE 1: This is the situation: certain program requires certain URL for validation :...
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comparison of two sorted files by common first field

I have to compare the IPs of two different /etc/hosts files and show a diff in side-by-side view. File hosts_sorted 10.244.74.152 REF_UP-4 10.244.74.154 REF_UP-5 10.244.74.156 REF_UP-6 10.244....
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add per-client 'hosts' file for DNS clients on router

so I want to block some hosts (iOS telemetry sites specifically) for specific clients on my router. Router runs asuswrt merlin fw, so it has dnsmasq and dnscrypt-proxy installed. Ideally I want ...
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Unblocking websites using /etc/hosts

I cannot unblock certain websites that were previously blocked from /etc/hosts. Here is what the file looks like: 0.0.0.0 facebook.com :: facebook.com 0.0.0.0 youtube.com :: youtube.com When I ...
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Usage details of ahostsv4 in linux

There is a term called ahostsv4 in the Linux documentation of man getent. What is the usage of it?
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Create custom page for lock

I'm new to DD-WRT v3.0-r39469 std (04/10/19) so I have several questions! I want to make a custom LOCKING PAGE in the domain 127.0.0.2 in my network, is it possible? I ran the page to which I wanted ...
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sm-notify: bindresvport on RPC socket failed: Cannot assign requested address

Can't figure out how to make sm-notify work. I've added hostname entry with related IPv4 to /etc/hosts $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ...
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DNS adblocking ignored on connected clients with Internet access provided over WiFi in 'Client' mode

2019-04-19: I've come to the conclusion this might be some setting or bug in dnsmasq as logs shows config error is REFUSED. I will update this question at sometime in the future after I've analyzed ...
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How do `/etc/hosts` and DNS work together to resolve hostnames to IP addresses?

In Linux, how do /etc/hosts and DNS work together to resolve hostnames to IP addresses? if a hostname can be resolved in /etc/hosts, does DNS apply after /etc/hosts to resolve the hostname or treat ...
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Can browse to an app at localhost.company.com but that isn't in /etc/hosts; where else could the redirection be?

✗ cat /etc/hosts ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 ...
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Understanding why hostname -i returns strange IP address

I am referencing the following question because it's similar but not the same: hostname -i returns strange result in linux On my CentOS 7 system, I get a strange IP address from "hostname -i" after ...
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/etc/hosts file is cluttered with useless content, how should I properly use /etc/hosts ( apache2 )

I recently tried to add a URL in my /etc/hosts file, and because of many different attempts in the past, I realized I most probably have some extra lines in there which are not necessary. I have read ...
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Mapping a range of IP's to a domain name in hosts file

I work with Wi-Fi. Due to that my system's IP changes every time I connect to the network. For my work, I need to map my IP to a specific domain name. So, every day I need to make changes in my hosts ...
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How do I modify my hosts file in Nixos?

Seems my hosts file (/etc/hosts) points to /nix/store/gds7bha3bx0a22pnzw93pgf0666anpyr-etc-hosts and is read only. How am I meant to modify this file?
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program/application or script that reads /etc/hosts

What is the name of the program or script that opens and reads /etc/hosts when name resolution is needed? and is it different for every linux/unix distro? I read the man page for hosts and tried ...
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Use reference to file instead of IP in /etc/hosts

From my host with hostname localhost, I would like to reach an external host with hostname exthost through the internet. The public IP address of exthost is dynamically assigned by the Internet ...
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Remote not using hosts file from server

I am using a hosts file on an Ubuntu Server where is written all the pairs IP domain names. The remote computers (all of them with Windows OS) are connected to the server on the same network and they ...
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Hosts file no longer ignoring midline comments

I've just upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 My /etc/hosts file has a number of lines in the form: 1.1.1.1 domain1.net domain2.net # domain3.net domain4.net (In other words, I had originally ...
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Ubuntu /etc/hosts addresses in the form *.*.*.*

Let's say a website does not have a domain name like www.google.com and the only way to connect to it is to use an IP address like 216.58.212.68. If I add an entry in /etc/hosts that looks likes 0.0.0....
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how to configure /etc/hosts properly [duplicate]

I'm learning about networking, at home I have two physical machines and a bunch of VMs that I use to test my applications each machine has a different hostname and I map them manually in each /etc/...
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IPv6 link-local address in /etc/hosts

I have an entry like this in /etc/hosts: fe80::XXXX:XXff:feXX:XXXX%enp0s25 test-ipv6 This is a link-local address. I've masked out my MAC address (with the 7th most significant bit flipped) for ...
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Some hostnames in hosts file do not resolve [closed]

My hosts file has two entries in the same range: 84.xxx.xxx.111 serverA 84.xxx.xxx.112 serverB I can ping serverA BUT I can't ping serverB for which I get Unknown Host. /etc/resolv is fine [...
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How can I create a multiline entry in /etc/hosts?

We have a situation where we have many aliases for an IP address and these aliases need to be defined in /etc/hosts. Rather than having extremely long lines containing all the aliases for an IP ...
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How to map an IP address to localhost

So I have an IP Address 5x.2x.2xx.1xx I want to map to localhost. In my hosts file I have: cat /etc/hosts 127.0.1.1 test test 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable ...
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Setting up hostname, hosts & domain correctly [closed]

I'm new to this platform but I try to be as specific as possible. I researched quite a lot but every new answer just adds to the confusion at the moment. I am running Debian on my first server with a ...
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Why do i need www. and non www in /etc/hosts

Why for some website to get blocked by the /etc/hosts file I need the www version and the non www version. While for others the non www version in enough ? on surviv.io I need both 'versions': 0.0.0....
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What is the proper way to display IPv6 Addresses in /etc/hosts

I've been tasked with writing a document on IPv6 for my colleagues to learn how to configure IPv6 addresses on our hosts. We primarily use RHEL6.x/7.x, ESXi, and Ubuntu Server. This only pertains to ...
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How can I apply domain search paths to /etc/hosts lookups?

I have a server with search example.com in resolv.conf, and it works correctly for DNS lookups. That is, if I ping host, and host1.example.com is in DNS, it is found. But if host1.example.com is in /...
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How to see which website an app is trying to access?

Hello Unix StackExchange, I've recently started using StevenBlack's /etc/hosts file, and it seems to have broken some apps I've been using. So far I've noticed that Thunderbird can't log into GMail ...
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What is the purpose of /etc/hosts?

As I understand it, the hosts file is one of several system facilities that assists in addressing network nodes in a computer network. But what should be inside it? When I install Ubuntu by default ...
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IP address in /etc/hosts that will always fail?

I know that you can add hostnames to /etc/hosts so that resolving them doesn't actually perform a DNS lookup. This would be a line such as 123.45.67.89 myhostname My question is, what can I set the ...
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hostname not showing in who command output with RHEL 7.4 after editing in /etc/hosts file

On Redhat 7.4(maipo) server I am seeing issues as below. Prior to RHEL 7.4 let say RHEL 7.3 if I login to server though putty using my local IP 192.168.187.1 and execute who command it was showing ...
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Find where a hosts rule is defined on macOS

Is there a way to find out how my system came up with the IP address for a certain domain? On my machine, pinging analytics.google.com returns 127.0.0.1, and I don't know how it came up with that. my /...
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/etc/hosts not blocking anything

I am trying to use /etc/hosts on my mac to block infamous scumbag sites like mackeeper.com and com-cleaner.systems from ever loading again in popups. While doing that I've found these entries on my ...
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Only use /etc/hosts for resolving hostnames on Linux

I want to disable DNS lookups via DNS server and only resolve host names that are listed in /etc/hosts. I am on Raspbian 9. How would I set this up?
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dnsmasq has no effect on router itself

here is my resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver isp_provided Here is my dnsmasq.conf, which will do DHCP also: user=nobody bind-dynamic interface=br0 interface=ppp1* no-dhcp-interface=ppp1* ...
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Is it possible to redirect all wikipedia urls to wikipedia zero via hosts file?

I would like all links and address bar entries in the pattern https://*.wikipedia.org/* to be redirected to https://*.0wikipedia.org/* I tried to achieve this by adding these entries to /etc/hosts ...
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My Linux server forgets its host name every day

I have a Linux server # uname -a Linux site 3.12.39-47-default #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 13:21:16 UTC 2015 (a901594) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # lsb_release -a LSB Version: n/a Distributor ID: SUSE ...
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What is the /etc/hosts size limit?

How can I determine or set the size limit of /etc/hosts? How many lines can it have?

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