HostAdmin

Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping between different environment

Chrome APP Version

Google banned NPAPI Please use Chrome WebStore APP Version instead.

It is true that is not easy to use than a menu bar edition. sad..

Installing

• Chrome WebStore APP Version
• Firefox AddonSite
• Download from Google Code

How HostAdmin analyze the Hosts file

Syntax detail

• Common

IP DOMAIN [#COMMENT]

Example:

    127.0.0.1       localhost #comment here

NOTE: A line with a comment, 'hide' (case-insensitive), would be hiden from HostAdmin.

• Grouping

   #==== Groupname 
   
   # some mappings
   
   #====
  

  Example:

   #==== Project 1
   #127.0.0.1       localhost1
   127.0.0.1       localhost2
   127.0.0.1       localhost3
   #====
  
   #==== Project 2
   #127.0.0.1       localhost1
   #127.0.0.1       localhost2
   #127.0.0.1       localhost3
   #====
  

• Bulk Hide

   #hide_all_of_below 
   ...
   
   #All text here will be parsed as comment
   
   ...
  

WRITE Permission to Hosts File

WRITE Permission to Hosts is needed, thus HostAdmin could modify your Host Files. XP users need NO additional setting. Here is a guide for you to gain write privilege for Vista/7/Linux/MacOS users

http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/GAIN_HOSTS_WRITE_PERM

DNS Auto refreshing

• Firefox

  HostAdmin borrowed code from DNS flusher to refresh dns when hosts file is modified.

• Chrome

  Since Chrome 21, Chrome will auto refresh dns by itself. More info at this ticket

  KNOWN ISSUE

  DNS may not refresh as soon as hosts file changes due to a Chrome bug reused socket pools by domain even if hosts changes

  To avoid this, open chrome://net-internals/#sockets and flush your host

  More info at Chrome Bug 152906 268059 288061