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An /etc/ file that lists the hosts on a network (/etc/hosts ).

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Unexplained read error w/hosts.allow hostname lookup only

Yesterday I was locked out of a server with the error "kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer" and I immediately found the cause after having connected over KVM that the ...
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Is it possible to block ONLY the homepage of YouTube but not its videos using /etc/hosts?

Use Case: Block the homepage of YouTube (https://www.youtube.com) but not YouTube videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1lsbF9NWW0) In order to block the YouTube homepage, I modified my /etc/hosts ...
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Host and fstab file messed up after try to change swap size

I was trying to increase the swap size of my Ubuntu. I, naïve, followed the steps of this answer: Check the swap that is in use: sudo swapon -s If swap partition(s) are found: sudo swapoff -a sudo ...
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I am unable to access or write to etc/hosts file

I am attempting to edit theetc/hosts file. I am able to access it through the graphic file system to find that it is read only. When using sudo nano etc/hosts as many suggest, I see that the directory ...
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Multi sites hosts on a virtualbox webserver

I have a LAMP server on Kubuntu running in virtualBox (NAT network). I have two sites site1.conf and site2.conf too create virtualhosts I have modify hosts to have access localy site1.local and site2....
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How to block a specific youtube video on ubuntu?

I can already block whole websites using /etc/hosts. Right now I want to block some specific Youtube videos for all users. The exact URL blocking is not working and the URL itself is dynamic. How can ...
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After fresh install my laptop is still hosting on my router even with wifi disabled?

I have a Dell Inspiron N5010, did a fresh install via USB erasing the disck & using automatic applied settings (Did not have wifi or bluetooth on both soft/hard). I did this because I my laptop ...
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How to deny some commands from a specific IP address?

I was inspecting some browsers securities and while entering a game page my snort rules detected this. It was something about an privilege escalation from this server. I don't want to block it, ...
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Help with error: Failed to restart hostname.service: Unit hostname.service not found

Followed a tutorial for setting my hosts and hostname file. When I go to service hostname restart I get error: Failed to restart hostname.service: Unit hostname.service not found. My hosts file is set ...
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Check a host file for modification and if missing add it

I'm using docker in which the container has its own /etc/hosts file. It gets cleared out when rebooting. I'd like to create a script to check for an entry and if missing add it. So if /etc/hosts has ...
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Editing /etc/hosts using WSL vs. using Notepad as an administrator

Why am I not able to modify my /etc/hosts file in Ubuntu through WSL? But if I try to run Notepad as an administrator and name the file as c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, I am able to modify ...
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Grep doesn't return any value in the search

I am looking for a specific value while searching a text file, but with grep I am unable to pull that value. with -head 50, I can see the first 50 lines. with cat and filename, I see the output as ...
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Editing hosts file to block sites isn't working for 4chan, how do I fix it?

I have blocked quite a few sites by editing the hosts file but have just discovered that this method doesn't seem to be working for 4chan. The method I'm using is sudo -i gedit /etc/hosts and then of ...
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Multiple hosts name possible on samba server side?

I want to use 2 hostnames to access my samba server. such as like this... I mean, On my local network, I want to access the same server (everything is similar) but with 2 different names on network. ...
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How to Set mac address as host name and hosts 127.0.1.1

I'm using Ubuntu for my OS and I'm struggling to set my host name and hosts to a mac address automatically any help on this would be great. NAME=$GATEWAY_MAC| sed s/://g hostnamectl set-hostname $NAME ...
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How to prevent my computer from connecting to a specific site [duplicate]

I recently decided to make the switch to Ubuntu. And I had a question pertaining to site connections. Before beginning, I need to give some context. I am/was addicted to youtube. I think at my peak in ...
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`sudo visudo /etc/hosts` gives syntax errors

Really dumb question, Ubuntu 20, and I have apache2 installed, not much else. I go sudo visudo /etc/hosts and want to add an alias "dummy.com" domain alias as a hack to point to the server ...
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"mate-network-properties" won't honor ignored-hosts address

I want to block a social media address. When I block it via echo "127.0.0.1 facebook.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null works. But when I use mate-network-properties gui and ...
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Host name access not working

Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 LTS Linux 5.4.0-88-generic Hostname : plexserv All was working fine, Plex and Samba set up, could access files on the server from Windows and MacOS machine no problem. Then I ran ...
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how to activate a new /etc/hosts instantly

I'm using a terminal command to replace the /etc/hosts - file. alias nonews="sudo -S chattr -i /etc/hosts < /etc/password_file && sudo -S cp /etc/hosts_all_blocked /etc/hosts < /etc/...
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Adding block list to hosts file

Ubuntu 21.04. Linux newbie here. For a few months I’ve been thinking about setting up a pi-hole to block ads. But a few days ago I read about just adding a block list to the hosts file. I wasn’t aware ...
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How do I edit hosts files? Lubuntu 20.04

Normally I get a access denied even after I change it's permission to 777. I see many solutions Use gedit, dunno how to get use or find whatever that is. Other solutions use the terminal sudo -i gedit ...
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hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns myhostname

Aloha, i'm on Ubuntu 18.04 and i recently executed a deadly git clean command that was meant to clean the Hard Drive Cache and that whipped out nearly every thing on my hard disc. Now i can't license ...
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Two VirtualHost websites do not work together under Apache 2.4

I'm running Apache 2.4 under Ubuntu 18.04 I'm having this problem where all addresses I type onto the browser bar get redirected to one of the two websites I have configured (in this case, whenever I ...
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Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server

This is how my virtual hosts the-square.local.conf looks: <VirtualHost *:80> # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port t> # the server uses to identify itself. ...
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How to resolve captchas whilst blocking google.com on Ubuntu 20.04?

Question How could one solve captchas, such as those shown by zoom when one would like to join a meeting from the browser, whilst blocking access to www.google.com (search queries) on Ubuntu 20.04? ...
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Advance working of /etc/hosts file in ubuntu

I have a Java application which is distributed and having a network connection with a NFS share. The application is using DNS to connected to network share. We wanted to test a network connection ...
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Deny smtp connection from unknown and unverified hosts with hosts.deny

I need to reject all smtp connections whose host name is unknown or does not match its address. Have tried setting in hosts.deny: smtpd: UNKNOWN smtpd: PARANOID but Postfix logs show that they are ...
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Nmap keeping crashing and popping up the "System Program problem detected", should I worry?

$ sudo nmap -vv -P -T1 192.168.0.1/24 Output: >Warning: The -P option is deprecated. Please use -PE >Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2021-01-01 18:29 -03 >Initiating ARP Ping Scan ...
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How to route DNS resolver to a different DNS based on the URL hostname?

This is why I would like to do: Most hostnames -> Resolved by DNS1. Some hostnames -> Resolved by DNS2 (I don't know IP addresses just the hostname). It should look as creating a whitelist/...
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Blocking hostname and subdomains in hosts file

I have recently started using /etc/hosts to block distracting websites. For specific domains that works nicely, but is there any way to match a domain and all of its subdomains? So, this blocks ...
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Firefox uses remote name lookup before /etc/hosts

I have added the following line to my /etc/hosts file on Ubuntu: 192.168.0.104 www.tondering.dk www.xzutsfsdet.com 192.168.0.104 is an IP address on my LAN. www.tondering.dk is a server that exists ...
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Is it possible to create a rule for etc hosts (Rule: 10.0.0.* ip. Usage: ping ip.10)?

If I have multiple hosts I want to add aliases for, e.g. 10.0.0.10 ip_10 10.0.0.11 ip_11 10.0.0.12 ip_12 Is there a way to have a group these into one line? I tried 10.0.0. ip and then tried to ping ...
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How to redirect a URL to another URL using /etc/hosts

I want to block some sites on my ubuntu system.So, I added some lines to the /etc/hosts, which are 127.0.1.1 www.reddit.com 127.0.1.1 www.facebook.com This now successfully blocks the ...
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WP Multi-Site Install on Ubuntu 18.04 LAMP Keeps Re-Directing URL

After a few weeks of head banging... I am very near to completing a local development environment for my WP Multi-Site Installation. The final problem that I have (wishful thinking), is that the ...
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/etc/hosts block or redirect domain

I tried blocking domains like this: 127.0.0.1 https://facebook.com 127.0.0.1 https://www.facebook.com But FB open correctly. How can I block or redirect websites on this file?
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Unable to resolve custom hostnames in /etc/hosts [duplicate]

I'm running Apache/2.4.41 on Ubuntu 20.04. I'm trying to setup a virtual host. Neither Chrome nor Firefox are able to resolve hostnames specified in /etc/hosts file. Even before setting up the test....
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To access another user from a remote desktop while admin is logged in Linux in host machine

Suppose I am logging in as a admin and I want to login as a guest user which is present in the same machine using another remote desktop using any of the services??.I don't want shell using ssh but ...
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How to get all ip from domain name?

I use getent hosts domainname.com As a result, I get only 10 ip. I know that this domain name has a lot more ip. How to display them all? This is a VPN server. I'm just trying to create allowing ...
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ssh-copy-id testnode fails with ERROR: ssh: Could not resolve hostname testnode: Temporarily failure in name resolution

I am not able to mention the SSH Generated Key to my test node. This is the output I get whenever I run the command ssh-copy-id: aibak@aibak-Inspiron-3542:/$ ssh-copy-id testnode /usr/bin/ssh-copy-...
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`hostname` result is different from "/etc/hostname" after upgrade

If I open a terminal windows in my graphical user interface, hostname command result is different from content of /etc/hostname: me@ZyXEL1:~$ hostname ZyXEL1 me@ZyXEL1:~$ cat /etc/hostname N4010 me@...
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Adding hosts to hostfile breaks DNS in 18.04 but didn't in 16.04

EDIT I managed to find out what I was missing that made it clear how to fix my problem. Turns out that between 16.04 and 18.04, Ubuntu and derivatives switched from something dnsmasq based to ...
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Hosts file for snap applications

I installed spotify using snap. Now I wanted to change the hosts file to block ads. I used to change the global hosts file and it worked. But then I was installing spotify from the apt repository. I ...
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virtualbox - How to make "localhost" point to the host's "localhost"?

I know I can access the host's localhost using 10.0.2.2. However, what I need is to to be able to type "localhost" in my VirtualBox Edge browser and for it to point to the localhost of my computer. I ...
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/etc/hosts not working

I populated /etc/hosts with device names and IP addresses. For example: chassisOne 10.0.0.1 chassisTwo 10.0.0.2 . . . etcetera. I am able to ping the IP address of both chassisOne and ...
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Error message while updating

I am using Kubuntu 18.04.2, I opened terminal and entered the following command to update: sudo apt update It produced the following result: [sudo] password for aayush: Hit:1 http://packages....
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Does dnscrypt-proxy's configuration replace /etc/hosts?

I've recenly installed dnscrypt-proxy. The configuration file for it at /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml has a blacklist section I'm currently using: [blacklist] ## Path to the file of ...
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Resetting $HOST after some other command modified it

Anaconda incorrectly overwrites the $HOST variable which seems to be caused by this anaconda bug. It exports x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu as the HOST. This probably occurs only when ran inside .bashrc ...
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Blocked host not fount in /etc/hosts?

I have blocked some host on my system (e.g. facebook.com) but I can not find them in the hosts file. I assume I have blocked hosts elsewhere or with some program but I do not remember where/which. I ...
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How do I change hosts file only for a snap app instead of changing my system hosts file?

I see every snap app (in /snap directory) have a etc directory and some of them have a hosts file. Can I change it to prevent snap app connect to an address?
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