Editing the Host file

jatabe · 08-09-2003, 08:02 AM

I am running Linux 8.0

Can some one tell me how to edit the host file?

I can log in as a super User and go to the file. I can't edit it though.

I even broughtup the host file using the vi command but the file can notbe edited.

Any ideas?

dkaplowitz · 08-09-2003, 08:29 AM

Is it saying it's read only? If you are logging in as root (or su'ing to root from your normal acct) you should be able to write to your file... /etc/hosts.

If you do an "ls -l", what does the first line say? Mine looks like this:

Code:

-rw-r--r--    2 root     root          283 Aug  8 17:47 /etc/hosts

jatabe · 08-09-2003, 08:55 AM

I think I figured this out.
I however, have another problem.
I am trying to connect to the internet via a wireless PCMCIA card. My laptop is seeing the card. The wireless access point is assigning IPs via DHCP. . Ican't activate my Wirless PCMCIA Card.
I hit the activate tab and it says
"can not activate network device eth0"
So far the card works in other operating systems and had a driver in Linux 8.0 which I am running in my Laptop.

Please Help.