How do I setup a custom host in Linux Mint?

Question

I want to redirect a host to local machine, in windows you get a hosts file. Is there something like this in Linux?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '09 at 17:54

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C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts on windows and /etc/hosts on linux(unix,bsd) are more or less the same thing.

answered Aug 06 '09 at 17:54

cagenut

tried adding an entry there, and then pinged it - its not pinging local IP, but some internet address with the same name – JL. Aug 06 '09 at 17:55
/etc/host.conf: line 5: bad command `192.168.1.4 mintbox.com' – JL. Aug 06 '09 at 17:56
The file is /etc/hosts not /etc/hosts.conf – xeon Aug 06 '09 at 17:58

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