Hi, I've been trying in vain to edit the mac osx hosts file. I've tried the following so far:
edit the host file in /etc: I put in the ip address and the website address all the way at the bottom of the file and save it. Then I do the following as instructed on several websites:
$ sudo niutil -create . /locations/lookupd/hosts
$ sudo niutil -createprop . /locations/lookupd/hosts LookupOrder FFAgent DNSAgent
$ sudo killall lookupd
After all this, i even restarted the machine, and it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
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yes,
192.158.1.24 www.blahblah.com
I add that line to the hosts file and save it. It doesn't work when typing in www.blahblah.com in the browser. I read on a couple of websites that osx doesn't go to hosts file by default so you need to modify the lookupd for it to do that, and hence i tried the commands listed above. Still it doesn't work.
OK ..
There should be no need to do anything other than edit the /etc/hosts file in OSX 10.4 (I think those tips were for OSX 10.1& 10.2)
You need to be a little careful with the hosts file as it is locked to prevent standard users editing it .. you must also take care NOT to use anything other than a plain text editor like TextWrangler or a terminal based editor pico, vi etc. as the characters and line-endings can become affected and the host file will cease to function.
How did you edit the hosts file? Do you have a backup you can restore and start again using the Terminal
In Terminal enter
sudo pico /etc/hosts
also make sure that you have a TAB between the IP address and the URL .. not a single space .. if necessary duplicate a line above and edit it
It should look more like
192.158.1.24 www.blahblah.com
strung, I went to that exact same site and tried the exact same thing.
Sullivan, I had a tab before, but that didn't work so I changed it to a space.
I saved the hosts file by first saving it on desktop and then replacing the one in /etc by the new saved one. When I replaced, it asked for the admin password to overwrite and i entered it.
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by: eoinosullivanPosted on 2009-02-10 at 14:38:13ID: 23606351
1. Can you provide a little more detail on what you're trying to achieve?
2. Can you supply the line you are adding to the hosts file? Obfuscate if necessary