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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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Iptables allow localhost

I want to allow localhost traffic in iptables so I added the rule iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT When I run iptables -L it shows me that this rule got translated into ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere That confuses me.…
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Host And Expose Aplication to local small network

I developed a little application (web application) using JavaEE+MySql. I try to keep some data and .. from time to time to get some reports using my data. My problem is I have to access this application from 4-5 computers in the office. They are…
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strange localhost behaviour

I'm trying to implement http digest authentication on part of a local domain. I'm using MAMP on Mac OSX Lion. MAMP uses port 8888 so I can navigate to my domain either at http://localhost:8888/myDomain or http://127.0.0.1:8888/myDomain. Both of…
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OpenLDAP on CentOS 6.2 (@ localhost)

I'm trying to configure openldap on CentOS 6.2, I'm just testing openldap on my server at home, so I don't have any DNS server and stuff like that. I already installed openldap using the following configuration: Country Name (2 letter code)…
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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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mysql error : "cant connect to local mysql server through socket

Taps Server Error: Mysql::Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) I get this error whenever I try to push my local mysql to heroku postgres. It seems that mysql is misconfigured and that windows…
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Removing Apache per user directories

I am trying to access my localhost but I am getting a "Not Found" error. What I am trying to do is get to my Sites directory (/User/[username]/Sites). Right now I have the following commented: # Real-time info on requests and configuration #…
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WebApp accessible via localhost but not 127.0.0.1

i'm running a webapp on Jetty (Java application server) on my machine (Win7 pro X64) and i'm experiencing some weird problems: when i try to open it on my browser - it's accessible via localhost but not 127.0.0.1 when someone else from my local…
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Spamassassin/Exim (incorrectly) blocking mail from localhost as spam

On our server we've got a problem with spamassassin/exim4 blocking email from our mailing list software as spam. This because (usually) the headers the software (ecartis) adds add points to make it go over the boundary. e.g. Mail from a@.com ->…
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JBoss basic access

I have JBoss 5 deployed on Solaris 10 - the servers connection has unrestricted high ports (>1023) open to the internet. I can access the box via ssh & FTP from a second server on the same subnet and anywhere over the internet. JBoss is running over…
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Auto backup mysql database in phpmyadmin

Can i backup the mysql database automatically every week like scheduled job in local Phpmyadmin. if possible i would like to take the each database separate file.Is this possible ! Thanks
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XAMPP apache localhost - browsers point to the wrong port even after I changed Listen port back to 80

Running Windows 7. Got a weird problem - I used to use port 8080 for my apache on XAMPP as somehow I couldn't get it to work on 80. I did that by changing the Listen port of /xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf. A few days ago I changed it back and it…
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.htaccess password protection not working in localhost

I tried to implement htaccess password protection for a directory in my localhost. My htaccess file is situated in /home/Server/Dev. The directory I want to protect is /Dev/. My .htaccess file has the following contents:- AuthName "Restricted Area"…
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Making websites hosted on localhost available to all on network

I have a website hosted in IIS on my local PC If I go to http://localhost or http://192.168.1.1 my site comes up. But what must I do to let other users on our network to see my site? I am using Windows 7.......
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Can only connect to Apache Tomcat with localhost

I can access my web application by going to http://localhost:8080/webapp, however, I cannot access it by using my local IP address. As far as I know, I am using default configuration options. This is also on Windows Server 2008 R2 and there is no…
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