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[justajason]

Im new to using a mac. And am trying to save the Hosts file. And it appears I dont have the security clearance. Ive added myself as an administrator for the file, and set my permissions as read/write. And it still wont allow me to save. Im definately a newbie to the mac platform but am a quick learner. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for any input..

j

[Comedy]

You need to do it as root, type this in terminal:

sudo pico /etc/hosts

[justajason]

Ok, Ive added the host. And what to save the preference. Do I close the terminal?

[Comedy]

Press ctrl+x, it should asl if you want to save

[SundayDuffer]

you should ssh using cyberduck...so much easier...and cyberduck is free on mac.

[L00i3]

SSH to what?

[BlackWolf]

btw, just copying the host file to your desktop, editing it, then copying it back works as well ^^