I cannot post the following in forum, but I can here. It's happened many times and it's a bit annoying to be honest, it says the code I posted is wrong, there is no code here, but it also does it when I try to comment some things.
Suzie999 245 Coding Hobbyist
Suzie999 245 Coding Hobbyist
The error.
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pritaeas 2,211 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Moderator Featured Poster
A hosts file should only have one redirect IP on each line, but I've seen some people put two like so...
127.0.0.1 somedomain.com aliasname 92.103.3.45 domain.org
It would need to be fixed to look like so...
127.0.0.1 somedomain.com aliasname
92.103.3.45 domain.org
So here is an example of one I seen recently...
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost me
127.0.0.1 www.affiliatewindow.com/
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com #adobe phone home fro dreamweaver
127.0.0.1 static.eplayer.performgroup.co.uk perf
127.0.0.1 eplayer.performgroup.com 127.0.0.1 bactivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.performgroup.com
# 127.0.0.1 www.javascript.com
# 127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com
After it is parsed I would want it to look like this...
127.0.0.1 localhost me
127.0.0.1 www.affiliatewindow.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 static.eplayer.performgroup.co.uk perf
127.0.0.1 eplayer.performgroup.com
127.0.0.1 bactivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.performgroup.com
Only one IP per line
Can have multiple aliases after domain
No trailing whitespace
Comments removed
Slashes removed
Neat and tidy
Worked for me. Copied, pasted, select all, then pressed tab. (or perhaps it depends on the forum.) What forum did you post in?
Suzie999 commented: Thank you kndly +0
rproffitt 2,701 https://5calls.org Moderator
I would be guessing what you are trying to do with the 127.0.0.1 but something I read recently had me point these to 0.0.0.0 instead.
The article at http://www.howtogeek.com/225487/what-is-the-difference-between-127.0.0.1-and-0.0.0.0/ had me change my hosts file to point to 0.0.0.0 when I don't want it to resolve and more.
127.0.0.1 seems to incur delays and retries. So 0.0.0.0 worked better for me.
Suzie999 245 Coding Hobbyist
A hosts file should only have one redirect IP on each line, but I've seen some people put two like so...
127.0.0.1 somedomain.com aliasname 92.103.3.45 domain.org
It would need to be fixed to look like so...
127.0.0.1 somedomain.com aliasname
92.103.3.45 domain.org
So here is an example of one I seen recently...
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost me
127.0.0.1 www.affiliatewindow.com/
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com #adobe phone home fro dreamweaver
127.0.0.1 static.eplayer.performgroup.co.uk perf
127.0.0.1 eplayer.performgroup.com 127.0.0.1 bactivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.performgroup.com
# 127.0.0.1 www.javascript.com
# 127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com
After it is parsed I would want it to look like this...
127.0.0.1 localhost me
127.0.0.1 www.affiliatewindow.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 static.eplayer.performgroup.co.uk perf
127.0.0.1 eplayer.performgroup.com
127.0.0.1 bactivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.performgroup.com
Only one IP per line
Can have multiple aliases after domain
No trailing whitespace
Comments removed
Slashes removed
Neat and tidy
Suzie999 245 Coding Hobbyist
@pritaeas I never knew about pressing TAB, thanks.
That's what it looks like when I do that.
@rproffitt, I'm not so sure about that, the article does not mention hosts file, and I'd be a little wary of using 0.0.0.0 in it as I have Sockets listening on any connection, so if data gets redirected to it, I'd be afraid those sockets might pick it up.
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