Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:41:17 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts not working Message-ID: <20080912034117.GA48495@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <200809112249.05138.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> References: <200809112249.05138.naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
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David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to redirect a URL request to a different address but it
> appears that /etc/hosts is not doing the job. Example:
>
> 127.0.0.1 google.com
>
> The way I understand it is that by typing google.com in a web browser
> it should result in the local page being displayed. It instead goes
> to the proper Google page.
Which browser? Works fine here; might be a browser cache issue.
> `ping google.com' actually pings 127.0.0.1 but `host google' returns
> the actual IP addresses for google.
This means both ping and host are working as designed.
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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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