How to get the same result as modifying /etc/hosts file, without root access?

Posted by Andrejs Cainikovs on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Andrejs Cainikovs
Published on 2010-04-15T11:34:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 11:43 UTC
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The question is simple: no root access, but need to point particular domain name to the specified IP address.

What are the other ways to do the same thing as with adding the record to /etc/hosts file?

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