[hblug] Domain change

Rose McGillicuddy rmcgill at orcon.net.nz
Fri Feb 23 12:27:20 NZDT 2007


Michael Adams wrote:


> /etc/hosts should contain the old hostname. Just edit the file to
> reflect the new hostname. Don't touch the localhost name!
> Bad karma will be incurred on all your issue. 
> 
> Incidentally this file is also usefull for banning any website:
> 
> 0.0.0.0	ads.doubleclick.com
> 
> is all you need as an example. It speeds up any website which fetches
> ads from this website.
> 

0.0.0.0	ads.doubleclick.com  - is this a new file, or a line added to 
/etc/hosts ?

Thanks
Rose
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