Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Hosts Problem
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Jim Hatridge wrote: ...
A few weeks ago, A friend wrote about how to use shortcuts on Lynx/Netscape. For example: in your hosts file put this in:
199.184.169.70 www.linuxgazette.com lj
Now I should be able to just type in "lj" to get to the Linux Gazette web page. BUT, in stead I'm getting this error:
*************************************************************************** ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved
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While trying to retrieve the URL: <A HREF="http://lj/"><A HREF="http://lj/</A">http://lj/
The following error was encountered: * DNS name lookup failure ... Probably You do use a proxied connection. In that case the host that runs the proxy will do the DNS lookup. That host doesn't know anything of Your /etc/hosts...
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