I'm using the .NET WebRequest while changing my HOSTS file. I'm observing that System.Net doesn't honor those changes - how can I make it do so? I have a number of servers load-balanced behind a s...

Chrome caches DNS records and tends to ignore changes to the hosts file after it has successfully connected to my site (barring a restart). With DNS pre-fetching enabled, it is even more pronounced...

I have a site set up locally to do development on it and I have added it to iis and edited my host file with the url (see below). However, when I browse to the url I only get the "hmm, we can't rea...

I'm running Ansible playbook and it works fine on one machine. On a new machine when I try for the first time, I get the following error. 17:04:34 PLAY [appservers] *****************************...

I'm trying to edit the hosts file on an android emulator with API 30 - Android R. I have completed remount successfully but it says Remount succeeded. Reboot device for changes to be effective I ...

For years I’ve used /etc/hosts to adjust IP address. Sometimes it’s for prototyping, or adding an address for development purposes that isn’t ready to go into public DNS. And sometimes I bloc...

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)?

I am trying to create a local environment in Linux/Ubuntu. I have install Apache 2.4.7 (using apt-get). I have changed my /etc/hosts to this: 127.0.0.1 example.dev 127.0.0.1 localhost ... I al...

I'm having a hard time geting Windows to take into account a new entry in my hosts file. I tried adding this line: 199.229.249.151 models.db To the hosts file found here: c:\windows\system32\...

Hee guys, little question: So i have setup the Homestead 2.0 and everything is working fine. I wanted to add another project in the same code directory but link it to another url. So i added it in ...

I'm using ApacheBench to do some load testing. I'd like ab to resolve the hostname using the IP address specified in /etc/hosts on my Mac. How can I force that? curl has a --resolve option to do ex...

I'm running MacOSX 10.11.4. I'd like to have example.com point to my locally running apache server, but have www.example.com point to the actual website. Example: I have the following entry in my...

I'm attempting to redirect an existing web address to a remote machine on my subnet. To do that, I put the following into /etc/hosts 192.168.1.249 holub.com and flush the DNS cache with sud...

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...

How would a program in C++/ C / C# program change the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file content in windows? I know this sounds like phishing, honestly not.

The Windows Hosts file allows you to associate an IP to a host name that has far greater freedom than a normal Internet domain name. I'd like to create a function that determines if a given name wo...

For my development process I need to access a webserver which is behind a VPN and has no DNS entry. What I was doing on 4.x was to edit /etc/hosts on the iPhone, and add it to the hosts file. Now ...

After upgrading to Mac OSX Lion I figured out that /etc/hosts is not looked up in first place for name resolution anymore. This leads to some side effects like: Entries in /etc/hosts are re...

Mac seems to be ignoring new changes to my hosts file. Older changes work without a problem. I've spent the past 4 hours trying to figure this one out. Help! I have folders for each site tha...

I am developing an application that query to the server. In my Mac, I use the hosts file to change the dns to point to a local server within my local area network. Now I need to test it with...

I have the following problem: I make a custom hosts file to test some features of my application and then push it to my android emulator. The thing is that these settings do not take effect immed...

I have some wrapper code that runs a set of NUnit tests that scan live websites for certain response codes. I'd like to run these tests against a different server. When running manually, I can do ...

I'm writing a little WPF utility to manage entries in the hosts file for dev purposes. As you might know the hosts file is protected by the newer OSs (Win 7/2008/Vista). I've added a manifest to m...

I'm trying to block a website using the hosts file using this tutorial : http://hackspc.com/how-to-block-a-website/ but It doesn't work, the website I'v blocked In this case facebook still s...