Re: how to set /etc/hosts to force loopback connect
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:05:51PM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'd like to make my debian box to loopback connect when it tries to connect to
> a specific domain name, say "www.foo.com". So I configured /etc/hosts and put
> 127.0.0.1 www.foo.com in it.
>
> When I try to ping www.foo.com, it exactly goes to 127.0.0.1. But when I use
> telnet www.foo.com 80, it will not connect to 127.0.0.1.
>
> Any idea?
Are you using apache on port 80? By default, I don't think apache
listens on IP 127.0.0.1. You would have to manually add that?
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