Can't Edit the Hosts directory

[FlameArchon]

So, I want to make some changes in the hosts directory. So, as root, I type this in:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

However, I get this response;

2012-01-26 19:37:49.146 TextEdit [233:8e13] NSTrackPersistentURLs:LSSharedFileLiseInsertItemURL ( ) failed at inserting URL file://localhost/etc/hosts (etc/hosts)

Even though TextEdit still opens with exactly what I'm looking for. However, even logged in as root it won't let me make any changes. Any ideas?

 

[maflynn]

try editing it with pico (using sudo)

I think you might need start an OSX app using open, that is sudo open /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts