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Why is this single-word address being resolved? [closed]

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. On my work network, there's a single-word address (let's call it foobar) that is responding to pings and HTTP requests, only from my machine. The address is not a TLD, just a ...
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What happen when 'unable to resolve host' still exist on terminal?

After editing etc/hosts and hostname, 'unable to resolve host' still exist on my terminal, I still don't know what is the cause. Although my computer and my terminal runs so well. I'm only using ...
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/etc/hosts file not being used before DNS server query

I have upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and I have made entries in /etc/hosts, but instead of looking into the hosts file, queries to my configured DNS server are being made first. How can I make Ubuntu ...
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where does linode store its hosts info?

I have a linode account and through the DNS manager tab added a domain. Since this information isn’t stored in the installed ubuntu hosts file. where is it located? Is it possible to view the entry or ...
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'/etc/hosts' , http links are redirecting, but https links are not redirecting

I edited /etc/hosts file and entered below information : 127.0.0.1 test.com //working 127.0.0.1 https://test.com //not working . from the above info, http://test.com is redirecting to ...
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Resolve specific IP addresses to localhost in 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add a DNS server via resolv.conf? I used to simply add static DNS entries in my /etc/hosts file. This is not working with 12.04. How does one add static DNS ...
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localhost subdomain wildcard

I'm trying to have *.localhost pointing at 127.0.0.1. I read this post which is quite recent and looks promising but dnsmasq can't bind port 53: * Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq ...
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why is chrome resolving domain names differently than ping which is resolving differently than ssh?

When I go to me.com in chrome it tells me that domain can't be found. When I go to me.com with ssh, it connects to that server. When I try to ping me.com it pings localhost. I want me.com to ...
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Domain name isn't assigned from DHCP when booting from Live CD

I downloaded the ubuntu 10.10 ISO image for AMD64. When i start the ISO ubuntu gets an IP address from my DHCP server. NetworkManager updates /etc/resolv.conf according to the DNS config provided by ...
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Why does my name resolution hit the DNS even with a hosts file entry?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Desktop. Being a web developer, naturally I created a "me.com" in my /etc/hosts file. Unfortunately, my name resolution is going out to the DNS before first checking my ...
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How to edit hosts.deny and hosts.allow?

I want to block some hosts in Ubuntu, so how could I edit hosts.deny file to block some hosts like example.com. And one more thing I have installed dnsmasq in Ubuntu, so can I check the entries of ...
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Where should I place aliases for localhost?

I often need to use aliases for localhost (127.0.0.1) for my development work of websites, such that I can access them locally while routed via apaches virtual host concept. In the past I have always ...