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Localhost is an address/term used for testing connection to the local host (current computer) used for some network troubleshooting

localhost (all lowercase) (meaning this computer in computer networking) and is the standard hostname given to the loopback network interface.

IPv4

Under IPv4 the standard localhost address is normally assigned to:

127.0.0.1

IPv6

In full notation, the address under IPv6 is:

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
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/etc/hosts file being ignored

My hosts file is being ignored, apparently. It contains: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 mydomain.com 127.0.0.1 nowhere If I ping localhost or 'nowhere', I get an 'unknown host' error. If I ping mydomain.com, ping succeeds,…
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localhost/phpmyadmin pulls blank page

When I tried configuring local machine as a Internet Gateway with website development capabilities over it and I installed all required software into it. I also had disable the selinux into it. But PROBLEM is when I do http://localhost/phpMyAdmin or…
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Fix 'ERROR - Unable to set localhost. This prevents creation of a GUID'

My program is working fine but seems I have to set 'set localhost'. Should I do this or it's optional? How to fix in case I should? -sh-4.1$ sh interproscan.sh -i test_proteins.fasta -f tsv -goterms 30/05/2016 14:42:21:909 Welcome to…
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phpMyAdmin not found on Windows

I installed WAMP server 2.2 on Windows 7 x64. I clicked on its system tray icon and put the server online. Then I select PhpMyAdmin and I get a 404 page. Localhost successfully gives me the Apache 2 test page. There's no way I'm able to fix this.…
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Waiting for localhost : getting this message on all browsers

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and have php5 and mysql installed. I have 3 web applications on my /var/www/html folder. Until yesterday evening I was able to test and work on the applications. All of a sudden, I am not able to load any of my applications…
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WAMP can connect to localhost but not 127.0.0.1

I'm running WAMP which was working fine the other day. Today I tried connecting to 127.0.0.1 and my browser throws a 404. Both firefox and chrome. My hosts file is correct mapping 127.0.0.1 to localhost. I can telnet to both the IP and localhost…
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Wamp server giving "It works!" on going to http://localhost

This is for a friend of mine. When he installed WAMP server, it installed perfectly. And then when he goes to http://localhost there is only 1 message that is displayed in the browser which is It Works! It does not display the WAMP homepage at all !…
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Does the resources of a localhost testserver equal the resources of the computer itself?

I have a webapplication that i occasionally run on localhost. It is a spring boot application running on an embedded tomcat server. Say my computer has a cpu of 2.1 ghz and 8 GB of RAM, does this mean the application/tomcat server running on…
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Xampp LAMP server: localhost:80 requires a username and password

I would installed xampp in my system but when i try to run my localhost following message will appear "The server localshost:80 requires a username and password.please help
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Setup localhost on home computer as remote server

Recently I have finished a PHP project that I have tested on my home computer using WAMP. I dont have any hosting online and would like to make my localhost remotely accessible. For example, I want to make it possible for someone on the internet to…
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Is it possible to connect my hp laptop localhost IP to in my MacBook through localhost IP address?

I have two laptop first is HP and second is MacBook Now I want to use HP localhost IP to in my MacBook through localhost IP address Is it possible?
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