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How to configure user specific hosts file on Windows

There is Windows Server 2003 machine which has many users to access. Each of them want to configure their own hosts …

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wildcard in hosts file

It's not possible to use a wildcard in the hosts file on windows or linux. Is there a way to …

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How to replace a string in the host file using batch?

I'm trying to write a batch file to find and replace an IP address in the hosts file. I did …

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/etc/hosts ignored in mac El Capitan (10.11.5)

I'm attempting to redirect an existing web address to a remote machine on my subnet. To do that, I put …

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How do I hit a modified /etc/hosts from VirtualBox

I have an app that I have to change the /etc/hosts file to be able to hit. Here is …

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How to force Apache Bench to use IP addresses specified in /etc/hosts?

I'm using ApacheBench to do some load testing. I'd like ab to resolve the hostname using the IP address specified …

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Failed to mount folders in Linux guest - mesg: ttyname failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Vagrant won't mount folders. Tried so many solutions, nothing worked. Versions: Vagrant 1.8.1 / Ubuntu 15.10 / Virtualbox 5.0.16 vagrant up Bringing machine 'default' up …

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localhost doesn't point to 127.0.0.1

when I ping localhost, the answer is: alsotang@alsotang-laptop:~$ ping localhost PING localhost (61.139.8.100) 56(84) bytes of data. but the hosts file …

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How to add my container's hostname to /etc/hosts?

In order to support some old software solutions, I need to bind my container's hostname to 127.0.0.1, leaving me with something …

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