What would I have to add to a SSH hosts entry in my config file so that everytime I ssh into that host, I get sent to specific initial path? Host foobar HostName foobar.com User …

I need to do the hostname changes on a centos server which will serve www.myserver.com What do I need to do in /etc/hosts, /etc/sysconfig/network and with the hostname command? In …

Is it possible to enter some sort of CNAME record or alias in the windows hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts)? Basically I want to forward all requests made to host A to host B, …

I'm developing on my ubuntu 9.10 machine for the web (php). I'm using it sendmail for sending mails, and while developing on my local machine, I send local mails (to my user 'doron'). Up until a …

I have found that with in my Active Directory (Windows 2003 Interm), there are 4 DC and each is a GLOBAL CATALOG SERVER. So in theory any should be able to authenticate users. that our XP Clients …

We have a server on which we host private services. These services can also be access from rest of the world but there is slight difference on application level based on from which IP request came. …

Hi. What are the cons and pros of using hosts files (updated via Puppet for example) vs DNS for data center machines management? I'm looking to switch from the tedious IP scheme, but concerned about …

Does anyone have problems with keyboard related issues in the VMWare Workstation host? I personally have problems with standard Windows shortcut keys not working in Windows common controls …

I'm having a DNS resolving issue that is affecting the performance of my locally hosted web site when browse it on my local machine. If I attach my network's DNS suffix to my local machine name when …

I'm trying to test Tomcat virtual hosts on my dev machine (windows 7/Tomcat 6). I'd like to have requests for localhost, test1.localhost and test2.localhost all route through to the same tomcat …

Is there a way to define host aliases (like in /etc/hosts) on a per user basis, i.e. in a file /home/user/.hosts ? My primary objective is to easily share host aliases via rsync between the machines …

When renting a dedicated server, how can one be certain than he/she is not getting a VPS or some other virtual machine variant instead of a true dedicated hardware box? Which checks can be run …

My (Windows XP, Professional, v2002, SP3) workstation is completely ignoring my hosts file. Here is the code in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 localhost 172.17.1.107 wiki But, when I open a …

I would like to route all my *.local or *.dev domains to a specific IP, either the IP of my Ubuntu VM or localhost. Is this possible? Can I use the /etc/hosts file? I am running Mac OS X Snow …

import os, sys, time servers = ['dev','admin','db1'] for s in servers: cmd = 'scp /etc/hosts regular_user@%s:/etc/hosts' % s print cmd os.system(cmd) I have written this script to copy …