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Windows - hosts file resets without my interference
I have a pretty long list of time-wasting sites in the hosts file and it is working just fine, however I'm experiencing a very strange behavior - every day or two (my PC turns on automatically every ...
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How to make Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox accessible from the internet?
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server in VirtualBox.
The host is Windows 7 x64.
The guest is Ubuntu 11.10 x64.
I want to make this server accessible from the internet. How can I do it?
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Mac OS X “hosts” file, can I include other files with it?
I am working on some automation scripts to configure my network settings, hosts file contents, and /etc/resolver files, when accessing different networks I frequent between.
There are some ...
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Enabling IPv6 Permantly in google Chrome
Right I am working on a few sites, using virtual hosts (vhosts) on my local developing machine.
I've altered the windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file to include some fake domain names that just go ...
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Permissions for editing hosts file on Windows 7 Home Edition
I am running Windows 7 Home Edition on my laptop.
I also have an instance of Apache Server running and am trying to create a virtual directory. I have updated apache's vhost-httpd file and now need ...
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nsswitch.conf - cannot modify (read-only)
I am attempting to modify nsswitch.conf from:
hosts: files dns
to
hosts: dns files
But, it is read-only. I have tried using:
sudo vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
And even with
:w!
It is ...
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How can I use the computer name in this situation?
I have the following scenario:
Windows 7 64-bit, hosting an XP Mode, on the host machine there is Oracle 10g installed.
On the XP Mode there is Oracle Client installed.
From XP Mode I am able to ...
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In your ssh config is it possible to have one host entry for multiple machines on the same domain
I'd like to be able to do something like
Host *
HostName *.mydomain.com
...
So I can type something like
ssh test
ssh ci
ssh dev
Instead of having to type
ssh test.mydomain.com
ssh ...
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Chrome cannot find the host entry for website
When I try to load a website, I get the following error in Chrome,
Chrome could not find img.mzsites.com
But on another computer, the site has no problems loading. I have tried ipconfig /flushdns, ...
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Mac OS X Lion cannot resolve localhost
I have found serval questions about this but no one helps for me, I am searching for
days to get my problem solved but I can't get it done, I hope someone can help
me with this big issue.
I try to ...
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My facebook redirect to localhost
I am in strange condition right now. I am not able to access facebook.
Once I open the facebook it just loads the localhost.
I know we can set it from host file. But just have a look at my host ...
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hostname and hostname -s differ
My /etc/hostname has:
name.domain.net
Previously, it was:
old.domain2.net
If I do hostame I get name.domain.net. But doing hostname -s returns old.
According to the man page:
-s, --short
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Can I chown /etc/hosts so my user owns it so I can edit it without sudo?
It's a bit inconvenient to have to sudo emacs /etc/hosts whenever I want to make a change to my hosts file, especially since I don't use a Terminal-based editor primarily. Could I change the ownership ...
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hosts file ignored
This is very strange issue. I'm on Windows XP. I have tried to put
41.41.41.41 facebook.com
41.41.41.41 www.facebook.com
into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc/hosts. When I tried to save the file, ...
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What unresolvable IP address should I use to block adverts?
I don't want to depend solely on in-browser ad blockers. I therefore created my own block list of advertisers' domains and pointed them all to a 0.0.0.0 IP address.
I now started a project and need ...
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How can I get other computers to see my new host name?
I recently set up my VM to have a machine name like this :
sudo /bin/hostname jax
sudo dhclient
However, my host machine cannot ping "jax" ?
I would assume this is all thats needed.... am i ...
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How to list all DNS names pointing to an IP?
I know – for example – that there are two DNS names for an IP. However nslookup ip only returns one record.
How do I get all the records for an IP?
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Software for editing HOSTS file in windows [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Editing the HOSTS file
Is there a software which allow you to nicely edit hosts file in Windows? For instance, it should allow searching, and will display information in ...
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Hosts file, facebook and SettingsModifier: Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack
I'm one of those people that needs a bit of protection from their selves at work, so I wanted to add facebook.com to my hosts file. But something strange happens. The moment I add it Microsoft ...
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host(1) command only uses first nameserver?
According to the man page, host ought to query "the server or servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf," but it only uses the first entry in that file:
thefourthtower:$cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver ...
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How do I refresh and clear all entries in hosts file on Windows Vista and 7?
A website is not opening on my PC which was accessible a week ago.
I don't know how to delete the wrong entries in the hosts files. Is it possible to clear all the entries in the hosts file? I'm ...
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IEEE 802.1Q (VLANs): Can a station/host be configured as trunk?
I know that IEEE 802.1Q compliant switches can have their ports configured as access (just accept traffic from one specific VLAN) or trunk (carry traffic from more than one VLAN, it must be specified ...
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Joomla cannot connect to MySQL using localhost
I have a fresh Joomla installation in a Mac OS X and I have configured a database to connect the application to. By default, Joomla uses localhost to connect (variable $host), but it does not work.
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Automated Windows host -> IP resolution over subnet on Mac
I have a few Windows computers and two Mac computers all on the same router. The Windows computers can find each other by hostname just fine, so for example a UNC path of \\HOSTNAME\SHARE would ...
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How to reroute all traffic using hosts file?
Is there a way to redirect all traffic to one IP in the hosts file? If not, how else could i achieve this?
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automatically changing host file based on network location
I have a subversion source code server on my home network, and I use dyndns and my internet router to access it from the outside. When I am using my laptop, I have to use the same URL regardless of ...
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Mac has IP address, can connect to router but can't connect outside
Weird problem, my MacBook can't connect anywhere right now! The router works, it gets an IP, it can log into to the router but it can't resolve anything!
The router works as I connected another ...
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How to access Guest (Windows XP) Internet from Host (Windows 7) in VMware Workstation?
I am using a 3G USB modem in Windows 7 64-bit. For some odd reason, it gives me a BSOD whenever I try to connect it. What I did is installed Windows XP SP2, in VMware and now I can use it inside the ...
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Resolving UNC path using hosts file
I'm having a problem accessing a UNC path in Windows Server 2008 using the hosts file.
My hosts file looks like:
10.x.x.x server_1
When trying to access the unc path:
This works:
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Fixing DNS on Ubuntu server
I've got a server that is currently running as servername, but I need it to be servername.domain.com (the IP already resolves to servername.domain.com), and I currently have:
0.0.0.0 ...
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How to make a website inaccessible from Chrome?
Using the Windows OS's host file to redirect an URL to an invalid one, e.g. 127.0.0.1, will help me to stop that URL in Internet Explorer and Firefox but not in Google Chrome.
How can I do that in ...
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What tools exist to override an IP from a DNS lookup per browser?
Up front: the per browser (or per process, if you will) part is the important part here. I'm well aware of the /etc/hosts(and its Windows counterpart), but would like to avoid this system-global ...
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Host www files to the internet [closed]
Hi i'm wanting to set up a website, I have a www folder with stuff in it, I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 I wanna port forward so that i can put my www files online and get a domain name, can some one help me I ...
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Host File Information
I intend to change my organization IP CLASS from CLASS A or CLASS B for 250+nodes. I need to know if I can map a single host name for 2 different IP’s in the host file.
For Example.
192.168.100.1 ...
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Internet server gives warning message - mysql_connect() - open_database.php on line 3 [closed]
I would like to know the possible reason for this error message which I have never seen before. (An update perhaps which has caused some database error. What error? ). And instead of flagging my ...
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Why in Windows 'localhost' connection is reset while 127.0.0.1 and other specified in 'hosts' file work?
I want to test some HTTP server on localhost address under Windows (XP) and I get strange behaviour: when I enter http://localhost/ in my browser I get connection reset error, while putting ...
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Windows hosts file equivalent on Mac?
I am doing a project and uploading to a clients test server, however they only have IP address to access and suggested editing my hosts file. I'm on a Mac, where is the hosts file?
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Corporate firewall blocking localhost/127.0.0.1
Is there some way I can access this without having it go through the corporate firewall at work? I'd like to set up a quick little production (WAMP) environment before moving things to the final ...
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How can I overwrite the hosts file in Windows 7?
I can't overwrite my hosts file in Windows 7.
I open Notepad as an administrator and open the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) as an administrator.
96.44.181.245 www.Google.com
has ...
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VirtualBox Apache needs to be accessed from the Ubuntu host
I have an Ubuntu 10.10 host on which I installed VirtualBox VM. In VirtualBox, I have installed two other Ubuntu machines mainly with the same configuration. I am trying to achieve a High Availability ...
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How do I access internal network virtual hosts in Apache?
This might be a stupid question but I'm tired and can't find a solution.
I currently have an Apache Web Server running on Ubuntu 10.4 and I use a DynDNS service to make them accessible to the ...
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VirtualBox cannot ping Windows7 (host), Windows XP (guest)
I have successfully installed a Windows XP OS on VirtualBox with Windows 7 as host.
The Windows XP guest is able to navigate on the Internet but I'm not able to ping the guest from the host and ...
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How can I map multiple hostnames to localhost?
I'm testing an application on my PC, this application connects to various servers so I need to mimic that on my box.
How can I map hostnames to 127.0.0.1?
localhost already refers to 127.0.0.1, but ...
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virtual VMware sharing internet access with my host (Windows 7)
how can I share my hosts internet access with my VMware virtual machine? I use a typical 3g dongle..
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What's the cheapest file host? [closed]
Specifically, for putting my music collection on the web -- a LARGE amount of data, but LOW BANDWIDTH.
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How do I point my Domain Name to my host on my computer (it's Xampp)
How would I point my domain name registered with GoDaddy to my host on my computer. I'm using Xampp as my server. I'm really confused, I've pointed other domain names to other hosts on the internet ...
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Windows Script Host Error Dialog Popups in the morning
A few days ago when I resume my computer from sleep mode in the mornings I would see an error dialog from "Windows Script Host" that read: "There is no script engine for file extension ".vbs". I am ...
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Modifying .profile for SSH rules
I wish to create the following script in .profile, so each SSH session would go directly into its place:
Check the specified host (user@host).
If host = host1 -- cd /var/www/site1
etc.
Help! :)
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Ubuntu 10.10 + apache: vhost not working
At home I have an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop system for development purpose. For some reason I can't get virtual hosting working. At work I have an almost similar setup (completely done by me) with Apache ...
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Why can't i connect to my ip?
What i have is:
Windows Vista
Xaamp Server
Huawei 3G USB modem
The problem is that i can't connect to my IP, although i can connect to "127.0.0.1", i've even disabled the firewall and still can't ...
