hostsosx-snow-leopard
I need to add an entry to my hosts file on Snow Leopard. I could edit the hosts file with root user enabled, but in the system doesn't let me to save this file saying that I don't have permissions to make changes to this file since it's located in non-writable directory.
How do i save changes there?
Thanks,
Nava
You mean "root"?
I think you intend to give an administrator permission to a user. Simply, from System Preferences > Accounts > Then select "Allow user to administer this computer". You will need admin privileges yourself to set this for someone else.
Here is the documentation from Apple on creating new users.
Take it easy :)
Cheers.
Best Answer
Try it from the command line:
sudo nano /private/etc/hostsType your user password when prompted for a password.
For more help, please refer to this blog posting:
http://decoding.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-leopard/
Please note that you might have to reset the DNS cache with this command after changing the hosts file:
dscacheutil -flushcache