[hblug] Domain change
Rose McGillicuddy
rmcgill at orcon.net.nz
Fri Feb 23 12:34:27 NZDT 2007
Rose McGillicuddy wrote:
> 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
Should have looked first. I see there is a hosts deny in /etc/hosts
does it go there?
Taa
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