Problem with Hosts file

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Chris Curtis - 28 Nov 2007 09:59 GMT

I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
end up with the dns location.
This is confirmed if I ping the address by name; it goes to the dns address.
If I change the entry to 127.0.0.1 or even 0.0.0.0 then pinging by name does
reflect those values.

The entry works fine at home.

I have re-created the hosts file in notepad, flushed the dns and purged and
refreshed the remote cache.
I have also checked the resolving order in the registry.

Any thoughts please!

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP] - 29 Nov 2007 13:44 GMT

>I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
>Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
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>Any thoughts please!

If the client browser is configured to use the SBS as a proxy, then the
SBS will be responsible for the name resolution rather than the client.

If you want to falsify DNS resolution in an SBS environment, adding them
to the DNS server as local forward zones is by far the most reliable
method (everyone gets the false information, and it's all on the server in
an easily manageable form [ie no buggering about with Hosts files]).

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Chris Curtis - 29 Nov 2007 14:30 GMT

>>I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
>>Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
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> method (everyone gets the false information, and it's all on the server in
> an easily manageable form [ie no buggering about with Hosts files]).

Thanks Steve I'll try that

Chris

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