Solaris Express CE and editing /etc/hosts , I do not have permission

zillah · 12-06-2007, 05:50 PM

I was trying to configure solaris PC to connect to internet.

I tried to modified this file /etc/hosts (I logged in as root), when I tried to modify the line in the /etc/hosts file , as show below :

from " 127.0.0.1 hostname loghost ", to

" 192.168.2.27 hostname loghost " .,,,,the real ip address for the laptop

But I could not save , because I have received message that I do not have permission to do that

Code:

  #ls –al /etc/hosts
  l rwxrwxrwx 1 root  root  12Dec 3 13:30 /etc/hosts --> ./inet/hosts

jlliagre · 12-06-2007, 06:31 PM

Under vi, to write a "read-only" file as root, use this command:

Code:

:w!

The change you are making to the /etc/hosts file is incorrect. You should instead make the file looking like this:

Code:

127.0.0.1 localhost loghost
192.168.2.27 hostname

zillah · 12-06-2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Under vi, to write a "read-only" file as root, use this command:

I used gedit, the problem that I experienced in my first thread was with geidt.

Although before using gedit, I tried to use vi editor, but i was not able to save the file as well, the message that I had received when I used vi was :

Code:

/sbin/sh: wq! : not found

Quote:

file is incorrect

Thanks for correction

jlliagre · 12-07-2007, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zillah

I used gedit, the problem that I experienced in my first thread was with geidt.

gedit doesn't seem to allow writing a read-only file even as root.
Of course, the workaround is simple, just change the file permission.

Quote:

Although before using gedit, I tried to use vi editor, but i was not able to save the file as well, the message that I had received when I used vi was :

Code:

/sbin/sh: wq! : not found

That would be the error message generated by the bogus vi command

Code:

!!wq!

zillah · 12-07-2007, 03:32 AM

Yes I realized where is my mistake, I was typing exclamation mark (!) , I should have typed colon (