how do i edit the hosts file?

[Benz63amg]

hey guys, i know how to do it in snow leopard but now in lion i cant seem to be able to edit the hosts file, it says its in use when i try to replace it after i edited it. how do i do it in lion?

 

[ayeying]

You need to do this under Super User (su) or sudo or root.

 

[bully worm]

Trying to stop a certain app from phoning back home eh?

 

[newfoundglory]

the easiest way to ADD something to the hosts file, is to put your additions in another file (eg. put the lines to add in add.txt in your home directory). Then using Terminal type

$  sudo -s
[enter your password]
#  cat ~/add.txt >> /etc/hosts

Make sure you use two >> and not one >

Alternatively, use vi for editing.

 

[GermanyChris]

Trying to stop a certain app from phoning back home eh?

I'm sure, and it works just as well in 10.7 as it did in 10.6

 

[Simplicated]

Trying to stop a certain app from phoning back home eh?

The OP might needed to restore his iPhone to a version prior to 4.3.4...

 

[Jerome Morrow]

hey guys, i know how to do it in snow leopard but now in lion i cant seem to be able to edit the hosts file, it says its in use when i try to replace it after i edited it. how do i do it in lion?

Edit in peace - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29949/gas-mask

 

[stillmatic]

open Terminal and type 'sudo pico /etc/hosts'

 

[IrishTiger]

I'm going to resurrect this thread as it became useful.

I bought a MacBook Air over the weekend, and I did the migration assistant from my MacBook Pro - however I needed to fix some software issues, Lion wouldn't let me do it the old way I did, but Gas Mask, the free downloadable app worked like a charm!!!!! Everything is back to normal.

Here's the link:
GAS MASK