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How To Auto Add To /etc/resolv.conf? [duplicate]
On Ubuntu 10.04 Server, you can edit a file and it will automatically add a nameserver to the /etc/resolv.conf on boot. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop does not have this feature that I'm aware ...
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What is the loopback device and how do I use it?
What are loopback and localhost?
Why do they exist, what are they used for, and how would I use them?
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Let Xorg listen on TCP, but only to localhost?
I have some X client program which needs access to an X server. It is only able to access the X server by TCP, not by other methods like unix domain sockets. It will run on the same host as the ...
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How to get telnet to localhost working?
I'm working on a local dev setup that requires the use of telnet (playing with setting up a MUD server) so please no feedback suggesting I use SSH as a more secure alternative.
However, though I've ...
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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 ...
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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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telnet refusing traffic on arbitrary port over network in 11.10
I have written a python script to listen on port 2626 and executed the script.
proof that localhost is listening
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:2626 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
I can ...
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How to access Apache2 virtual host from VirtualBox (or any VM)
I am running Ubuntu 11.04, I have setup my localhost so I access my sites at
site1.local
site2.local
By setting up virtual hosts and adding entries to my hosts file.
I want to test them in IE ...
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How read local email in thunderbird?
I just install postfix and configure it for local email only as a way to have a sendmail program and test my PHP scripts. My question is, how can I use an HTML capable email client like Thunderbird to ...
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Renaming localhost
By default 127.0.0.1 has the localhost alias.
I found several approaches to changing it to a different string, but what is the standard, effective and safe best-practice way of doing it?
Can I give ...
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How can I share this local site to not use a sub directory?
I'm working on a site locally that's just sitting in a folder:
localhost/tempplace
How can I route, with Apache2, that to be like:
tempplace:8890
Or just something so it's not a sub ...
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How to forward ports on the same Ubuntu machine? I want my webserver be available on 80 and 8880 port
How do I forward ports on the same Ubuntu machine? I want my webserver be available on 80 and 8880 port.
Or maybe I could making my apache listening not only on 80 port, but also on 8880? Is that ...
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What does StackApplet “Network Error” mean?
I just installed StackApplet StackApplet 1.5 using the debian package from the launchpad site. When I first clicked on the preferences button in the menu it tried opening http://localhost:8150/ in ...
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Not able to resolve localhost, but 127.0.0.1
I am able to visit 127.0.0.1. When visiting localhost, it is not able to resolve.
Here is /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost # suppose to list all folder + files under /var/www, when visit ...
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trouble accessing www folders - permission or ownership?
Trying to access a folder inside /var/www with:
cd layout
I get the following response:
bash: cd: layout: Permission denied
When I list the details, I get:
drwxrw---- 7 www-data www-data 4096 ...
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Local only sendmail that delivers all mail to a directory
I have a development Ubuntu Server (12.04.1) VM that I use to develop php sites and e-commerce sites (like Magento etc).
Because this is for development purposes, and I need to test with e-mail ...
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How to access localhost on Virtualbox host machine
I created a virtual machine on Virtualbox with Ubuntu 12.04 only to install a LAMP solution and use it with my host machine, but I can't access the localhost using the ip (10.0.2.15) in the browser .
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Generate a proper 404 page for blocked sites via /etc/hosts instead of redirect to localhost
I have blocked some websites by editing /etc/hosts and adding several newline-entries in the following manner:
0.0.0.0 www.domain.com
And it works. The only thing is: when a website is visited which ...
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Where is the root directory of localhost
I installed php5 from the Software-Center and it came along with Apache2.
Where is the localhost root folder where I can put up my files
How can I install mysql database along with phpMyAdmin after ...
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Be able to create edit and move files to and from /var/www [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best way to add files to a website on a LAMP Server?
I have installed lamp on Ubuntu 12.04.
I try to access /var/www but it doesn't allow me to do anything ...
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how can i turn network interface (localhost) on?
localhost is off on my machine.
it's described in my /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
but when i run route
route -n" with wireless off
I ...
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What would cause 'ping localhost' to fail?
the /etc/hosts file contains a line: 127.0.0.1 localhost
so localhost should be a valid hostname, but any attempt to connect to a port on localhost fails, including ping.
Connection attempts into ...
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How to inspect localhost from my smartphone?
Ideally I'd like to expose a port, like 8080 or something, to the web, so that I can run a website on my desktop and inspect it on my smart phone or show it to a client and so on. How do I expose one ...
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How to connect to a personal server on residential Internet service
OK!!! I've successfully connected from an external network on both ssh and http. I changed a BUNCH of settings though before I got it to work, so I'm going to slowly change some of them back to see ...
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problems with sudo permissions - /var/lib/sudo owned by uid
my system is a new 11.04 ubuntu and i recently started working with LAMP.
some how, when i tried to change permissions of the var/www/ for netbeans to work on the local server, and did something that ...
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Can't ssh with IP alias
This is may sound like a weird prob. I am able to seamlessly ssh to remote hosts and also to "localhost".
As part of requirement, I have modified the /etc/hosts file with below entries:
127.0.0.1 ...
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I cannot get the localhost webserver on firefox to display jpg or jpeg files
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Firefox. I cannot display jpg files when browser starts up. But if I click on ICON there is no problem. I am attaching a few screen shots. Am adding display from ...
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Cannot access directory in /var/www/: Permission Denied
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /celsium/index.php on this server.
The above text is shown when i try to access the directory made in /var/www.
the directory is ...
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Localhost still exist after deleting xampp
After installing xampp, somehow localhost bugged on me.
I put my files, changed permissions, in the end deleted the xampp, but I always get this message:
It works!
This is the default web ...
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Cannot ping localhost after a half day of uptime
This just started like 4 or 5 days ago. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, and after about 12 hours of uptime it seems the loopback device just stops working. If I do an ifconfig, it looks like it's ...
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How to set exceptions for proxy in Ubuntu 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where to set proxy ignore list?
I am using Internet through proxy server of our organization. But I don't want to use the proxy server when opening my local websites ...
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How to I setup a local Wordpress site?
I want to create a site based on Wordpress that is only accessible from my own machine (localhost). In other words, I do not want my computer to be a server. I just want it to have all the files ...
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I would like to set 127.0.0.1 in my resolv.conf
I was hoping to set my local host in my resolv.conf to hermes. So in affect if I type in hermes:8080 into the browser, I get the localhost:8080
How is this accomplished?
Please and thank you.
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Chrome Ubuntu loading apache2's localhost instead of remote website
I'm a web developer and do local development through apache2 on localhost. However, sometimes when going to remote websites, well known websites like sky.com or bbc.com instead of loading that ...
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SSH between 2 PCs
I've successfully managed to setup SSH server individually on 2 PCs(master and slave setup).
I can login from the slave to the master but the vice versa isn't happening.
From he individual PCs I can ...
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XAMPP vs. Native LAMP Packages
I'm currently in the process of setting up an Ubuntu Desktop setup for a combination of technical writing, heavy statistics/mathematical analysis, and also server-side development and I wanted to know ...
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500 Error on index.php file
I have found a question very similar to this, which I thought would solve my problem.
However, after changing my .htaccess file, with index.php on the end of the list, and then index.php as the only ...
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Rename localhost folder. Gives empty screen
I'm trying to rename my apache2 localhost folder.
I have already gone to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site-name
and changed the following lines in the Document:
DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html
...
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Accepting SSH connections only from localhost
I just installed SSH and I would like to set it up to only accept connections from localhost. I plan to point a .onion address to it so that I may connect to it from anywhere on any network.
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How do I set up FTP on localhost?
On my old machine (back on Lucid!) I used XAMPP for local dev work. XAMPP installed everything for you, including setting up FTP to your localhost (/var/www) directory, since permissions don't allow ...
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How can I access one desktop session from another on the same machine?
I want to run a desktop session as user A, and from that session access a different desktop session as user B. This way I can test, screencast or share my screen from session B, while having access to ...
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Why can't I access localhost without an internet connection?
For some reason I cannot access localhost without an internet connection in Ubuntu.
As soon as I disconnect from the internet (with the networkmanager GUI), both ping localhost and ping 127.0.0.1 ...
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ssh connection closes after successful login
I am trying to run ssh on my computer so I can control it with my android phone. When I scan my local network with overlook fing at my phone I get that my computer is running ssh at port 22. So I try ...
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How to install Joomla in Ubuntu as localhost? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set up local Joomla sites for web developing?
I have installed the lamp-server but i stuck in one certain step..
For those who are not familiar with Joomla ...
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Unable to connect to localhost in browser after installing XAMPP successfully
I have successfully installed XAMPP 1.5.3 following this guide on Ubuntu 12.04 and it started with no errors.
$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.5.3a...
XAMPP: Starting Apache ...
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telnet localhost , connection is refused
My localhost(127.0.0.1) is reachable by Ping, and no problem with wget.
But, when I try "telnet local host" or "ftp localhost", connection is refused.
How do I fix this problem?
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How to access localhost on my ubuntu laptop from android tablet? [closed]
I'm developing websites and I want to preview the ones from localhost on my Nexus7.
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How do i completely remove otrs and fix my previous localhost
I followed a guide on how to install and configure otrs, it didn't work. Now When I tip in Firefox localhost it cannot connect to it.
I tried to remove everything, but still no luck.
I removed ...
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How to see the localhost traffic details?
I have hosted my website over the local network in ubuntu maverick. I want to see all the requests coming in to my website through terminal and then log it into a file. What should i use? and is it ...
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Why does penguin.local point to an odd IP, when it is meant to be local?
So I was doing some configuration for ssh. When I later then did this command:
lsof -i tcp|grep ^ssh
I got a list of what I was expecting to happen. However, something I never noticed before was ...
