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[AgileLemon]

How would i go by dong this. Sorry im new .

[GFuse|Kevin]

Are you wanting specific things which can be edited / added to the file?
If you just want to know how to open the file for editing, use nano -w /etc/hosts
Press F2 or CTRL + X to save / close

[rasputinj]

or if you have pico instead use pico. Or Vi is a good way to go. If you are really old school you would tend to use EMACS.

[Defcon|Rich]

You might have better luck posting this in the Technical & Security forum.

[dkitchen]

Originally Posted by rasputinj

or if you have pico instead use pico. Or Vi is a good way to go. If you are really old school you would tend to use EMACS.

Pico and Nano are virtually the same thing just with different names ...

[Steven]

the big difference between pico and nano, is nano has a find and replace function

[HostNetway]

Obviously, all of the above solutions are assuming you have SSH and Root access.

[CiscoMike]

Originally Posted by rasputinj

use EMACS.

not only did you just date yourself, I feel old now.
/cry