Block access to a website

[kerpow]

I wan to block access to a website on a Mac. In the Windows world the simplest way to do this is to open the Hosts file and add a fake DNS entry for the site eg.

10.0.0.1 www.website.com

Your average user will have no idea how to fix this.

Whats the simplest way to do this on a Mac without having to buy software?

 

[4np]

Whats the simplest way to do this on a Mac without having to buy software?

The same: by editting /etc/hosts....

A weird thing in a mac though is that the lookup order is different than on your average windows machine; if you want to use the hosts file to overrule a domain name you should also change the lookup order. You can do this by executing the following commands:

Specifying the lookup order in /etc/lookupd/hosts

% ls /etc/lookupd/hosts
ls: /etc/lookupd/hosts: No such file or directory
% mkdir -p /etc/lookupd
% sudo vi /etc/lookupd/hosts
insert LookupOrder Cache FF NI DNS DS and save
%

source: http://www.geektimes.com/macintosh/os/x/10_3/and/dns.html

and restart lookupd by executing a:

killall -HUP lookupd

If you don't want to edit your hosts file and the lookup order, you can use the netinfo manager (in applications/utilities).

If you want to do this company wide you could add an entry to your local DNS server (if you run one).

 

[eddorey2k3]

Same, use a hosts file.

 

[kerpow]

Figured it would be some file or other to edit. I'll give that a go.

Thanks

 

[djdawson]

The same: by editting /etc/hosts....

A weird thing in a mac though is that the lookup order is different than on your average windows machine; if you want to use the hosts file to overrule a domain name you should also change the lookup order. You can do this by executing the following commands:


source: http://www.geektimes.com/macintosh/os/x/10_3/and/dns.html

and restart lookupd by executing a:



If you don't want to edit your hosts file and the lookup order, you can use the netinfo manager (in applications/utilities).

If you want to do this company wide you could add an entry to your local DNS server (if you run one).

This is no longer needed in Tiger, and I don't think it was necessary in 10.3, either. I've never bothered with the lookup order and I put stuff in my /etc/hosts all the time. It just works.

HTH

 

[bubbleboy450]

Youtube Addict

I am sure that there are lots of other people trying to do the same thing. I don't want anyone on my computer to be able to access youtube, or facebook. I have tried editing my hosts file
sudo pico /ect/hosts (some recomend, sudo nano....)
i put in

127.0.0.1 youtube.com

Also have tried

127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com

and everyother combination of spaces, and tabs imaginable.

then hit crtl-o to save, and press y. All it says is "bus error" and doesn't save it. pressing crtl-x does the same thing. No mater what i do, it always says, "bus error".
Any ideas how i can get youtube baned from my computer for good? Making a second account is not an option.
P.s Using leopard. 10.5.1