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A `hosts` file is used to map hostnames to IP addresses on a TCP/IP-enabled computer.

A hosts file is used to map hostnames to IP addresses on a TCP/IP-enabled computer. On Unix and Unix-like operating systems (Linux, OSX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, et al), the file is located at /etc/hosts. In Microsoft Windows, the file may be located in different places depending on the version of the operating system. In Plan 9 from Bell Labs it is located at /lib/ndb/hosts

On most systems, the behaviour of /etc/hosts depends on configuration within the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.

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IP Address to Hostname in Java?

My hosts file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) has a bunch of IP Address to host name mappings: # Switches 192.168.200.254 sw-con-ctrl 192.168.201.253 sw-con-ctrl-2 192.168.201.254 sw-con-ctrl-1 # 192.168.188.1 …
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How to edit hosts file via CMD?

Hello I'd like to block some websites directly from the command prompt. echo like this: 0.0.0.0 websitename.com How can I do this? (OS: Windows 7)
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What is the meaning of mounting /dev/sda1 to /etc/hosts in Docker container

I run a simple docker container with sudo docker run -it ubuntu:latest /bin/bash When I examine mounted file system, with: df -h, one Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on overlay 63G 4.3G 56G 8% / tmpfs 64M 0…
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Why is my hosts file entry being ignored by the browser?

I mapped a website with the IP of www.facebook.com to load Facebook when I request a different url (let's say www.x.lk) particular site. It worked well. But when I tried to map the inverse, which should load www.x.lk when I ask for Facebook, it…
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Resolve one hostname to another, using hosts file

I know how to resolve a hostname to an IP address using my hosts file eg 1.2.3.4 example.com but is it possible to resolve a hostname to another example.com example1.com with a hosts file? Reason being, Im testing a new site, hosting uses…
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How do I redirect a URL to another URL in the hosts file, rather than redirecting an IP to a URL?

How do I redirect a URL to another URL in the hosts file, rather than redirecting an IP to a URL?
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How to resolve hostname to an ip address in node js

I need to resolve hostname defined in hosts file to its corresponding IP address. For example my host file look like this - "/etc/hosts" 127.0.0.1 ggns2dss81 localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 192.168.253.8…
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proxy_pass does not resolve DNS using /etc/hosts

In nginx the proxy_pass directive is not resolving DNS using the /etc/hosts file. Any way to enable this possibility (maybe by leveraging Lua as a last resort)?
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Can /etc/hosts config reverse resolution?

As we all known, we can add 'ip host' item in /etc/hosts to mock a DNS's name resolution, now comes the question, can I use /etc/hosts to do inverse resolution, form ip to hostname? Or is there any other handy way to do this? Thanks!
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Unable to create virtual directory

I am working on a website which authenticates with Facebook, so that the user can sign in through his/her Facebook profile. I've seen similar questions like this one, but none that covers exactly my issue. To test this Facebook authentication…
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Fix "invalid host header" in Angular

I have an app in Angular v4 which have to change the scss dependong of the url of access. For example: if link in the browser is "example.com" then the app have background-color: black if the link is"example2.com" then the background-color: red I…
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How are 127.0.0.1, 0.0.0.0 and localhost different?

I don't understand the difference between these terms and how they are connected. I looked at a hosts file on my computer and could see that 127.0.0.1 and localhost are connected but not sure how and I don't know where 0.0.0.0 fits into all…
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Emulate hosts file on non-rooted Android

Is there a way to emulate the behaviour of a hosts file on non-rooted Android? I need to test a website on Android. I get to the website via IP address but it seems to redirect to a URL that is not available from the phone. So is there a way to…
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How to create subdomain in Laravel dynamically?

In my Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts, I have this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 site.dev 127.0.0.1 *.site.dev In my xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhost, I have this: DocumentRoot "C:/xampp_7/htdocs/" …
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sed: replace ip in hosts file, using hostname as pattern

I'm learning about sed but it is very difficult to me understand it. I have adsl with dynamic ip so and i want to put current ip on hosts file. This following script just tells me the current wan ip address and no more: IP=$(dig +short…
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