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host file on Max OS X

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:39 am
by Burrito
how can I set up a host file on mac os X so that I can manually point a domain to a specific IP address?

the os version is 10.4.8?

thanks,

Burr

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:48 am
by Chris Corbyn
Been a while since I've booted into OSX but isn't it just in /etc/hosts ?

EDIT | Or is that /private/etc/hosts ?

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:59 am
by Burrito
I don't think so. I just searched the whole computer for 'etc' and it found two folders whose contents are just files that say like GMT +11 etc....(some kind of time zone stuff it appears)....nothing regarding a host file that I could see.

edit: I also did a search for host and found a bunch of files that start with 'host' but nothing that resembles a real 'hosts' file 8O

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:03 pm
by Burrito
I found this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294437

....yes I'm quite aware of the irony that this is a MS KB article for a mac.....

I tried following those instructions and I get stuck on number 2...I don't see a 'domain' menu or a 'security' option anywhere....grrr! :evil:

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:10 pm
by Burrito
wait d11, you're right...it is in there.

now for some reason though it won't let me change the permissions on the file to edit it ... GRRRRRRRRRR!

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:24 pm
by Burrito
ok got this working.

d11 you were exactly right.

/private/etc/hosts

thanks