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    While you can replace it you cannot guarantee that the replacement has the desired affect. This depends on the program logic, it might expect to have a domain address there. But what you could try instead is to locally map the domain to the IP address by editing the /etc/hosts file. Commented Nov 17 at 19:05
  • fxgreen, please remember that on the StackExchange sites it's preferred that you accept ✔ the answers that work best for you. (Not just for this question but for your other questions too. And not just here on unix.stackexchange.com.) Commented Nov 18 at 9:18