[SOLVED] How To Edit Hosts File?

[Kramer]

Really dumb question but I can't figure it out. I am new to this distro but not to Linux, must be having a brain fart. I know I can add entries using the mcc but prefer to add all the entries at once instead of one at a time. Thanks!

[alf]

try this

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mcedit /etc/hosts

[Kramer]

Nope, didn't work. Just says command not found.

[jkerr82508]

Provided you become root, then you should be able to use any text editor. (To use mcedit you would need to install the midnight commander package.)

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su -
urpmi mc
mcedit /etc/hosts

Jim

[Ken-Bergen]

For what it's worth mcedit is a cli tool so just

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su

will do.

[Kramer]

Thanks for the help guys, I got it sorted thanks to you.