How can I prevent safari to redirect the user to the google search page for addresses with custom top-level domains?
Given an address of the type http://application.test where test is a primary zone on our intranet, if I enter either:
- http://application.test
- application.test/
Then Safari correctly resolves the name and opens the page, if I enter:
- application.test
Then Safari assumes it is a search query and redirects the user to the google search page.
Is it possible to prevent this in any way which does not involve the user itself?
There was a similar issue in 2002 with OS X. I found a few articles about it and I've been able to address this issue by simply adding "local" to the Search Domains in the advanced network properties of my network interface. This has allowed those of connecting via VPN to resolve .local hosts.
Best Answer
To just avoid connecting to Google, open Safari's preferences, click on "Search" and then change the search engine to something else.
To prevent that domain from going to any search engine, add a Safari bookmark with the full URL (including the
http://orhttps://protocol). Once the domain is bookmarked it should come up when the user begins typing the name in the address bar.The user's machine will still need a way to route traffic to the custom domain, either via DNS settings, or by adding an entry to the
/etc/hostsfile on the user's machine.