[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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