Bug 14520 - Wildcards in hosts file
Summary: Wildcards in hosts file
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: network (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 enhancement
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: 18123 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2012-08-26 19:54 UTC by Shahar Or
Modified: 2015-08-24 09:44 UTC (History)
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Description Shahar Or 2012-08-26 19:54:26 UTC 
It would be great to be able to use wildcards in the hosts file like:

"127.0.0.1 *.localhost".

This could serve some flexibility for web developers on their local test machines and such in testing name based virtual hosts in their system. May have other uses...

Thanks,
Shahar
Comment 1 Joseph Myers 2015-08-24 09:44:18 UTC 
*** Bug 18123 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***