[TriLUG] Slightly OT: editing /etc/hosts in Mac

Jonathan Mainguy jon at jmainguy.com
Thu Apr 10 14:27:16 EDT 2014


Sudo should work.


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at buadh-brath.com>wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Once again back to the "Oracle."
>
>
> I need to help a Mac-friend add an entry to his /etc/hosts file.
>
> I was able to get him into a terminal, and using vi, edited the file,
> but ran into permission errors when I tried to save it.
>
> Would sudo work, or is there a "more approved" method?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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