How do I set permissions in Hosts

[okizen]

I've been trying to edit the host file in private/etc/ but when I try to save the files it says 'You don’t have permission to write to the folder that the file “hosts” is in. How do I set the read/write permission?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Mac OS X - Setting Permissions

 

[Ccrew]

simsaladimbamba is right on the permissions settings, but I'd just sudo in terminal and edit there without resetting since you really don't need to for what you're doing.

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

should get you there.

 

[okizen]

simsaladimbamba is right on the permissions settings, but I'd just sudo in terminal and edit there without resetting since you really don't need to for what you're doing.

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

should get you there.

I've tried 'sudo nano /private/etc/hosts' and this is the response:

sudo: /private/etc/sudoers is mode 0666, should be 0440
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
Macs-MacBook-Pro:~ mac$

How should I change the mode to 0440?

 

[Ccrew]

I've tried 'sudo nano /private/etc/hosts' and this is the response:

sudo: /private/etc/sudoers is mode 0666, should be 0440
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
Macs-MacBook-Pro:~ mac$

How should I change the mode to 0440?

Your /etc/sudoers file has somehow got the wrong file permissions. You could fix this using chmod but unfortunately I think you would need to use sudo to do that. So instead, try using Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities select your HD and chose Repair Disk Permissions from the First Aid tab.

 

[nudoru]

Other than permissions - there's a handy app called Gas Mask that makes editing the hosts file a snap.

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

 

[okizen]

Other than permissions - there's a handy app called Gas Mask that makes editing the hosts file a snap.

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

Thanx nudoru. I'll give Gas Mask a try.

 

[gurdjiev]

Other than permissions - there's a handy app called Gas Mask that makes editing the hosts file a snap.

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

Also having a problem with permissions (as administrator) for the hosts file. Seems like Gas Mask has done just what I expected and it took less time than to log in and write this reply. Thanks a lot for the software tip.