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Mac Forum / Applications / Internet Explorer / July 2004Hosts file
I'm trying to map an IP to a specific domain in the local Hosts file on my G5, but nothing I do seems to work. All the documentation I've read about the Hosts file makes it seem very straightforward, but my mapping just doesn't take effect. Specifically, my problem is accessing a web server on our local network by domain name instead of IP, which I cannot do without mapping the domain name. The entry in my Hosts file is <domain name> A <IP Address> - is this correct? My default entry seems to conform to this pattern: localMachine.localDomain.com A 127.0.0.1 . I am sure the domain name and IP address I'm using are correct and spelled properly, so I would think things would work. Any information would be appreciated, as access to my entire local web server is impossible until this is resolved. TIA.  SignatureTony Talmage Web Developer Graphic Education Corporation URL: http://www.graphiced.com Phone: (888) 354-6600 > I'm trying to map an IP to a specific domain in the local Hosts file on my > G5, but nothing I do seems to work. All the documentation I've read about [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Any information would be appreciated, as access to my entire local web > server is impossible until this is resolved. TIA. I don't know how you're editing your Hosts file but you can use the Netinfo utility found in the Utilities folder to verify your entries are entered correctly (they should appear here) and possibly add your entries through this GUI if they don't appear. Open the application and look for the "machines" entry. You'll see a "localhost" entry that you can pattern your new entries after. Hope this helps! bill SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP) I was just using SimpleText to edit the Hosts file, but I just realized it's from the "System Folder" directory instead of "System", meaning I was just manipulating the OS9 Hosts file anyway. Anyhow, I cannot get the entry in NetInfo to function, and the only documentation I've been able to find on adding entries into the /machines domain involves setting up local information -- that is, the process usually involves "copy localhost, change the name and IP". However, I don't want this new entry to point to a folder on my machine, I want it to point to a machine on the network. Do I need to change the "./local" entry to something else? I noticed that the broadcasthost had "../network" as it "serves" value, but changing my new domain to ../network help, either. Any suggestions? SignatureTony Talmage Web Developer Graphic Education Corporation URL: http://www.graphiced.com Phone: (888) 354-6600 > > I'm trying to map an IP to a specific domain in the local Hosts file on my > > G5, but nothing I do seems to work. All the documentation I've read about [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Hope this helps! bill > I was just using SimpleText to edit the Hosts file, but I just realized it's > from the "System Folder" directory instead of "System", meaning I was just [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > something else? I noticed that the broadcasthost had "../network" as it > "serves" value, but changing my new domain to ../network help, either. Hi Tony! When you're creating and using a Hosts file it's for the full intent of referencing your local computer for information about the remote computer. This is normal. I don't quite understand what you're referring to when you mention pointing to a folder on your machine. Entries in the NetInfo Manager application may be contained in a folder-like hierarchy, but this is only for appearance's sake. With "machines" highlighted, choose Directory --> New Subdirectory. With "new_directory" selected, add two "New Properties" and then use the "localhost" entry as a guide to modifying your new entry. localhost ip_address 127.0.0.1 name localhost serves ./local example_server_name ip_address 192.168.0.1 name example_server_name serves ./local The ./local tells your Mac to use itself to resolve the name of the server to the IP address. Hope this helps! bill SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP) William, Still no success, but I see what the problem is. Apparently, a hyphen is not well understood when in the Hosts file, and that is what is throwing things off (apologies, I have no experience with Unix and didn't realize this was a problem). For example, trying to set the server name to "my-server.mydomain.com", I continue to receive "A connection failure has occurred" messages. However, if I simply remove the hyphen to make "myserver.mydomain.com", the site connects just fine. Is there an escape character or something I can use to allow the Hosts to correctly interpret the hyphen? Unfortunately I need the local entry for this host to match the DNS entry for the server - this was my initial intention, as parts of the html code on the server are hard-coded, and not only can I not see the server's DNS name that I'm looking for, but I can't cross sessions, which would still mess things up if I connect to the IP. Any suggestions for allowing hyphens in the Hosts file, or am I straight out of luck? -- Tony Talmage Web Developer Graphic Education Corporation URL: http://www.graphiced.com Phone: (888) 354-6600 > > I was just using SimpleText to edit the Hosts file, but I just realized it's > > from the "System Folder" directory instead of "System", meaning I was just [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > Hope this helps! bill > Still no success, but I see what the problem is. Apparently, a hyphen is > not well understood when in the Hosts file, and that is what is throwing [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Any suggestions for allowing hyphens in the Hosts file, or am I straight out > of luck? Hi Tony! The escape for Unix is the backslash "\" but I'm unsure how it will be interpreted in a Hosts file. You can give this a try. The other option I would suggest is using a CNAME but I couldn't find any information on how to enter this into the NetInfo Manager. bill SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP) Unfortunately, the Hosts information doesn't seem to enjoy backslashes. And additionally, the cname has a hyphen as well, so even if I knew how to incorporate cname it wouldn't help. I suppose I will just have to not use my g5 anymore for this purpose =) SignatureTony Talmage Web Developer Graphic Education Corporation URL: http://www.graphiced.com Phone: (888) 354-6600 > > Still no success, but I see what the problem is. Apparently, a hyphen is > > not well understood when in the Hosts file, and that is what is throwing [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > bill |
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