Information Services Talk Information Services Talk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  windows equivalent to /etc/hosts          Information Services Talk Forum Index -> Information Services Talk View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message salmobytes Guest Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: windows equivalent to /etc/hosts This is a windows client question, but I didn't know where else to ask. If someone asks me to move a website to my apache server, I create a temporary, made-up virtual domain definition in apache's configuration, and then bounce the server. Then, on a client linux box I use for development, I can add a line to my local /etc/hosts file that looks like the following: 12.345.678.901 my-made-up-domain-name.com Then I can look at the temporary site during development. Once done I make the name server changes, to give that site its real and final name. That allows me to view the site while in development. If my customer was a MacIntosh user, (s)he could use the same /etc/hosts trick to view the development progress, from his/her desktop. PUNCHLINE QUESTION: How would you do that on a windows client? Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor .._.. Guest Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:46 am    Post subject: Re: windows equivalent to /etc/hosts The file you want is here: %WINDOWS%/system32/drivers/etc/HOSTS Edit it with notepad, it works just like other Operating systems. "salmobytes" <Sandy.Pittendrigh@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9ac6ab6e-d692-401f-8aa1-26d834bd8ba3@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com... Quote: This is a windows client question, but I didn't know where else to ask. If someone asks me to move a website to my apache server, I create a temporary, made-up virtual domain definition in apache's configuration, and then bounce the server. Then, on a client linux box I use for development, I can add a line to my local /etc/hosts file that looks like the following: 12.345.678.901 my-made-up-domain-name.com Then I can look at the temporary site during development. Once done I make the name server changes, to give that site its real and final name. That allows me to view the site while in development. If my customer was a MacIntosh user, (s)he could use the same /etc/hosts trick to view the development progress, from his/her desktop. PUNCHLINE QUESTION: How would you do that on a windows client? Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Middle Class Warrior Guest Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject: Re: windows equivalent to /etc/hosts salmobytes wrote: Quote: This is a windows client question, but I didn't know where else to ask. If someone asks me to move a website to my apache server, I create a temporary, made-up virtual domain definition in apache's configuration, and then bounce the server. Then, on a client linux box I use for development, I can add a line to my local /etc/hosts file that looks like the following: 12.345.678.901 my-made-up-domain-name.com Then I can look at the temporary site during development. Once done I make the name server changes, to give that site its real and final name. That allows me to view the site while in development. If my customer was a MacIntosh user, (s)he could use the same /etc/hosts trick to view the development progress, from his/her desktop. PUNCHLINE QUESTION: How would you do that on a windows client? There is a hosts file in Windows, too. Sometimes you have to rename it from hosts.sam. Remove the # which are remarks. # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Information Services Talk Forum Index -> Information Services Talk All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Information Services Talk----------------Information Services Talk  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Australian Debt Consolidation Experts medical insurance Wedding Invitation Escort e accompagnatrice in Rimini, Reggio Emilia, in Riviera Adriatica, in Modena... 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