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How do I use my localhost DNS server when offline, on Snow Leopard
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I've followed these instructions for setting up a local DNS server on my mac, and using it to server wildcard subdomains on localhost. It's a really nice thing: http://mikeferrier.ca/2011/04/04/setting-up-wildcard-dns-on-localhost-domains-on-osx/ One weakness, though: I'm sometimes trying to work o…
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Perhaps I am missing something, but you seem to be overlooking the /etc/hosts file completely. Unix operating systems will reference /etc/hosts before making DNS requests. resolves to because it is specified so in /etc/hosts! http://en.wikipedia.org…
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