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

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network monitor widget

Is there a widget that shows all current hosts (IP adresses) in a list? I am not talking about a network bandwidth meter widget.
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why Ubuntu 12.10 returns a “network is unreachable” no matter what IP I Ping after I edited the hosts file?

The problem is related to the network config settings in Ubuntu. I edit my hosts file, and now I can't load any sites except those IP(IPv6) included in hosts file. I try to Ping some IP(both IPv4 and ...
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Used SSH to establish internal connection to another virtual machine; now I can't change it back

I logged onto my server from a remote computer via SSH using its hostname server.domain.com. The Samba server's IP is 192.168.5.33. I then used the ssh command to connect with the local FTP server ...
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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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Hosting my domain name in 12.04 web server

In sites-available I created a new file from the default file and changed paths. In sites-enabled I created a sym link. In hosts I added the new domain after 127.0.0.1 localhost restarted apache but ...
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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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How do I block an IP using hosts.deny with a non-default program?

I'm new to all of this. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 x64. I recently wrote a program in C++ that accepts TCP connections on port 57370, and it is running as a daemon (I used this guide). It's not very ...
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Can I set up a hostname alias that is only active in a specific network?

I have a small ARM box running ownCloud in my house, and a domain bound to my DSL router with Dynamic DNS. This works well as I can configure the ownCloud client to use the domain name, which works ...
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Problem Raised after changing the system hostname

I have changed the hostname of my computer from dar to hus by editing the /etc/hosts file and /etc/hostname file. Now the problem is that some software which were installed under 'dar' are not ...
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how to allocate specific host to specific browser?

How can I allow access of specific hosts only to the specific browser. I mean I have edited my /etc/hosts file and placed some testing websites hosts.If I have something like access to only specific ...
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Can someone explain my /etc/hosts file

My /etc/hosts file looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ...
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ubuntu lucid hosts options spawn command

I am trying to get a logger job to run if I have a login from machines I don't want to allow in. I have put such a command in my hosts.allow file, and the documentation with ubuntu lucid says to use ...
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Cannot connect to Remote Host

I have a Mini2440 kit which has IP address 192.168.1.230. I connect my laptop by cross cable to kit, configure eth0 address 192.168.1.23 255.255.255.0 but I cannot ping to 192.168.1.230. In ...
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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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Thunderbird/Evolution cannot connect Gmail while Postler can!

I tried many possible ways and the instructions given by Google and Mozilla. But my Thunderbird cannot access to my Gmail. I need ipv6 access in order to reach Google. And I have my /etc/hosts full ...