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Hostname redirection using Hosts file

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202625489 views
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Problem

We can use file to map hostname with IP addresses like this 127.0.0.1 localhost But is it possible to assign one hostname to another like this? localhost a_new_host_name

Error Output

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

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From wikipedia : The hosts file contains lines of text consisting of an IP address and one or more hostnames, each field separated by white space (blank or tabulation characters). Comment lines may be included; they are indicated by a hash character…

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