Questions tagged [hosts-file]
The "hosts file" is a common tool in operating systems to map names to IP addresses. These mappings usually take precedence over the DNS system.
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Can't block site in /etc/hosts
In my /etc/hosts I have added this line to block the www.bbc.com/persian:
127.0.0.1 www.bbc.com/persian
I am using Firefox on Antix Linux (Debian), and had no success, the site can still be reached ...
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redirect http request for microsoft.com to a local server?
I have been using host file to redirect required outgoing traffic to my localhost
normally i would just do something like this in the host file :
127.0.0.1 microsoft.com www.microsoft.com
but now ...
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How do I save my Windows 10 hosts file?
Before someone goes and marks this as a duplicate, please understand that I have tried all of the following:
Running notepad as an administrator, editing the file and attempting to save. No luck.
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Why would a “hosts” file prevent a VPN from forwarding a port?
I would like to maintain my hosts block list while being able to use my VPNs forwarded port service, but have a conflict.
I connect to a VPN server that port forwards, and my HOSTS file has only the ...
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Set-Content : Stream was not readable - trying to understand why and how to more gracefully fail
I have the following line in my PowerShell script
(Get-Content C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts -Raw) -replace '[\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+ local.mywebsite.com',"$ipAddress local.mywebsite....
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Why doesn't tinder.com redirect to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts?
In my /etc/hosts file in macOS Mojave 10.14.6 I have
127.0.0.1 someotherdistraction.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.tinder.com
127.0.0.1 https://tinder.com
127.0.0.1 www.tinder.com
someotherdistraction.com'...
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What should I add to hosts file to be able to access an http server that binds only on ipv6 address?
I have setup a rocketchat server on docker.
It binds only to ipv6.
To verify that I can access it, I use:
//NOTE: xyzf is just a replacement
$> nc fe80::ba27:ebff:fe2a:xyzf%eth0 3000
GET /
and ...
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DNS resolution delay for entries in /etc/hosts
For the purposes of doing web development, I have several domain names specified in my /etc/hosts. These represent several different websites that are being run locally.
127.0.0.1 site1.local
127.0....
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/etc/hosts file not properly blocking site in ubuntu
I am trying to block certain sites from my computer (namely, reddit) in order to get some work done.
However, modifying the /etc/hosts file seems to have no effect. I am working under Ubuntu 18.04
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How to change result of hostname command
when I issue a hostname command in my Centos 7 server, I get this response:
vps.example.com
I have changed /etc/hosts file with this:
204.93.xxx.xxx mail.example.com
However, when I issue hostname ...
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What else can stop me from accessing my WIndows 7 etc/hosts file?
Microsoft have recently rolled out a ridiculous change to Windows Defender which "detects" the deliberate blocking (via the hosts file) of Microsoft and other telemetry domains as an "...
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How can I prevent my computer from accessing thousands of websites?
I'd like to block access to domains from my computer.
This is what I tried
I tried to use the domain filter in my router, but it applies only the HTTP websites. Any website that relies on HTTPS gets ...
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virtualmin delivering the wrong site
I have a webmin/virtualmin server running a site as a staging site - example.com. There is a live site with the same domain as the stating site running in the wild. I have modified my host file ...
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hosts file but for whole network?
I can't believe I can't find this after an hour of Google. This has go to be simple!
On my PC, I edit HOSTS file so say, for example, domain.com goes to local IP 192.168.1.5
Great, that's fine. But ...
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How to visit ssl enabled development website when using hostfile
Pre "ssl required" on domains, to visit a development site on a development computer (Windows), I edit my host file and point the domain to the development server IP address. Which was working ...
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Windows 10 - Blocking a Website in Hosts File
I have blocked a lot of websites in my Windows 10 OS computer and edited the hosts file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Below is the content of my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com ...
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Hosts file on OpenWRT router blocks cmd connections, but Chrome still connects
I have OpenWRT installed on a TP-Link Archer C7 router, and have added 0.0.0.0 domain.com to /etc/hosts. This seems to have the desired effect when ping-ing, nslookup-ing or curl-ing that domain on a ...
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Windows 10 hostfile url to IP address of machine
Is it possible to use a fixed url to redirect to the IP of my own PC? I use DHCP and I have no problem with it but would like to use an url i.e. "server.local" to reach a web server deployed on the PC ...
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Windows proxy config takes precedence over local hosts file
I have the following line in the local hosts file in windows:
127.0.0.1 local.example.de
When accessing the url http://someservice.local.example.de:8080 I see the DNS error page of our company's ...
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How to make changes to Mac OS hosts file take effect?
I frequently edit my /etc/hosts file to block access to distracting websites when I'm trying to work (e.g. I'll add a line like 127.0.0.1 www.nytimes.com).
Until recently, changes to the hosts file ...
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Force Windows 10 to always open hosts file with Notepad++
The Windows hosts file does not have an extension so Windows 10 by default does not allow creating a permanent association with a program.
How can I open the hosts file with Notepad++ without Windows ...
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Overriding a CNAME within a CNAME chain works on Ubuntu but not Windows
Best practices aside (not having CNAME chains), I am curious to know why this is happening.
I have the following:
CNAME subdomain.example.com -> CNAME other.example.com -> A 172.17.0.1
If I wanted ...
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My host file is not working on Windows 10
This is crazy, I've never has this issue until now...I like to use the hosts file to block certain websites. But for some reason my hosts file is not blocking any website. I went over this post (Hosts ...
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What is the most effective way of remotely controlling the hosts file?
I need to control the hosts file on other Windows machines. I have administrator access on those machines and can install anything, the only question is — what to install? Ideally I would simply make ...
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Unable to unblocked the sites in Hosts File
I blocked some site in Hosts File, but when I tried unblocking it by deleting the indicated sites. I'm still unable to access the sites. Can anyone help me with this?
I blocked the sites by using ...
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Redirect website url to a different url of that website (hosts)
I am unsure if this is possible. I am trying to use the Window's hosts file to redirect the address www.youtube.com to music.youtube.com.
When I ping youtube.com, I am returned with this IP:
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Identify DNS queries that get resolved by HOSTS file
How can I identify DNS lookups that are resolved by my HOSTS file?
Over the past month or so, I've begun experiencing long delays involving content stored on SharePoint Online, affecting Word, Excel ...
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Windows redirects folders shares
I don't know if I'm writing my question in the right place, but, here it goes.
My company owns a Windows Server 2012 R2 which shares some folders through our network. We're trying to access it ...
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Windows 10 hosts file only recognizing one redirect
In my hosts file I have
a.b.c.d website1.com
a.b.c.d website2.com
Website 1 works just fine, redirecting me to the new website. Website 2 does not. It sometimes tells me that the connection is ...
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“/etc/hosts” hostnames ignored and searched instead in Safari and Chrome
I added the local url data 192.168.33.11 core-fine.local into /etc/hosts, saved the file and for a time I was able to serve and see a local website powered by Vagrant.
It was all working just fine ...
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How to edit hosts file in Windows 10
www.somesite.com can be accessed only through add-ons VPN.
How can I add it to the hosts file in Windows 10,
so it can be accessed without using a VPN?
The IP address has multiple domain names ...
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`.dev` TLD resolves to 127.0.0.1
My Mac (Mojave 10.14) is unable to access any website with a .dev domain name, such as get.dev. I tried running $ ping get.dev and got the following output:
PING get.dev (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
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Binary zeros in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on my Windows 10 machine contains 43 binary 0 and nothing else. I did not edit the file in past. The modification time is a day ago. The machine has not ...
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Does adding too many entries to the hosts file causes internet slow down?
I just wanted to clarify one thing, Does adding too many entries to the %windir%/system32/drivers/etc/hosts causes internet slow down?
Does duplicate hosts entry slows down browsing performance?
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Can a host file DNS entry point to multiple Ip addresses?
Can a host file DNS entry point to multiple Ip addresses ?
basically i want have to ad servers , but no balancer due to port issues , the solution i think is host file entry ,but can one dns point ...
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Windows 10 took long time to resolve host names
The problem I've encountered happens since 1809 update. This is some of the description of what happened:
My Windows laptop can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When I connect to it, this happens:
The ...
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How to edit the hosts file in MS Windows 10 [duplicate]
I am looking for a step by step instruction on how to edit the hosts file in MS Windows 10. To edit this file you need to have admin rights, which I have.
I tried via MS Windows Explorer. This tool ...
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I can't visit websites that have “.dev” domain
I'm trying to visit websites like https://get.dev, but instead of loading website, there appears "Resolving host" message and then I'm getting "This site can’t be reached get.dev’s server IP address ...
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Can /etc/hosts values be used while still (rapidly) falling back to their DNS values?
I have a server hosted on my home network. Normally, I would access this from its DNS value (e.g. example.com.) However, my ISP has an awkward setup wherein I cannot access my home network's external ...
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How to find out why a local redirect is happening?
A while ago I believe I added a local redirect for .dev domains to localhost. I can no longer visit any .dev domains in any browser on my Mac machine. However now I want to remove this redirect, since ...
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What does every localhost-like record in Steven Black's hosts files mean and how does it make sense to be included?
Steven Black's unified hosts file with base extensions includes the following block in the beginning:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
127.0.0.1 local
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
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PHP version different on server then the one set in vhost
So I have an odd problem.
I followed this tutorial
https://tecadmin.net/install-multiple-php-version-apache-ubuntu/
to install multiple versions of PHP on my local server. On most sites it works, ...
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resolve one host differently on windows server session
I want to temporarily (=resets after disconnect) resolve a host differently for (only) my connected session (via RDP) on a windows server machine.
Can this be done? Something like a termporary hosts-...
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Autocomplete host names in Windows CMD
WSL Bash thing does it, for example, when using ping :
But CMD can not do it.
Is there a way to achieve that?
Note: I know about clink, but it does not provide hosts file auto-completion, which is ...
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Hosts file changes don't apply for TCP connections
A program on my windows PC makes a TCP connection to a IP address e.g.
122.122.122.122
I have made a TCP server on my local machine and made the following change in my hosts file
192.168.1.123 ...
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DNS service crashing in Windows 10 with large HOSTS file
I don't get why my Android device handles a large hosts file just fine, but if I try to use a similarly-sized file in Windows 10, the DNS Service starts using a massive amount of CPU and slows ...
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.dev domains don't resolve
I noticed today that no .dev domains will resolve in any browser on my MacBook while trying to access web.dev; they all say “__.dev refused to connect.” I did a quick google search for site:.dev, and ...
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host process for windows cpu 40-50% when used with hosts file
I can't run dnsclient because host process for windows cpu 40-50% when
used with hosts file, my laptop works fine with an empty hosts file and
when it is disabled, but I want to run it with a hosts ...
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Block a specific url in HOSTS file [duplicate]
I can block a website by editing the file hosts located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etcWindows 8.1 and adding 127.0.0.1 example.com at the end. But I cannot figure out that how can I block a ...
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How do I block domains using the hosts file on Windows?
I used to block domains on Windows using the hosts file like the following:
127.0.0.1 www.cnn.com
However, now it is not working and the domains are resolving.
$ nslookup www.cnn.com
Non-...
