How To Use Etc Hosts

Remember et means and.

How to use etc hosts. 192 168 56 1 ubuntu tecmint lan 192 168 56 10 centos tecmint lan next test if everything is working well as expected using the ping command from host 1 you can ping host 2 using it domain name like so. And et cetera is redundant. To view files in etc folder use the down arrow to switch to all files view. Sudo vi etc hosts append. You should never use and et cetera.

Notepad c windows system32 drivers etc hosts once notepad is open you can edit the file. Edit using the correct format and save the hosts file with windows notepad. This file acts as a local dns service for your local computer and it overrides the mappings from the dns server that your computer is connected to through the network. To add our example we will first need to open the hosts file with vi or your favorite editor. A good way to test whether etc.

Don t use a comma after etc. In open file dialogue box type c windows system32 drivers etc as the file name entry. If it is at the end of the sentence. The hosts file also referred to as etc hosts is a text file used by windows and other operating systems to map ip addresses to host names or domain names. To access the hosts file in windows 7 you can use the following command in the run line to open notepad and the file.

Follow the screenshot for better understanding. Copy and paste the new hosts file to that location accepting the permissions popup. Now open the etc hosts file using your editor of choice as follows sudo vi etc hosts then add the lines below to the end of the file as shown in the screen shot below. Create a new hosts file somewhere like the desktop or documents. Once the files are visible select hosts file and click on the open button.

Go to the real hosts file location and rename it. 1 on the windows 10 computer right click on the start menu and select command prompt admin. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth. If those synonyms make sense you can use etc.