specialunderwear/Hosts.prefpane

Unable to edit entries

bpinney opened this issue · 3 comments

bpinney commented

Editing existing entries within the hosts file using the Hosts Preferences Pane is generating "validation" issues. IP addresses entered are receiving the error "Please enter a valid IP address", while hostnames entered are receiving the error "Please enter a valid hostname".

Both dialog boxes have the options Discard Changes and OK, and both options clear the ip or hostname fields.

The IP address I used was 192.168.1.1 and the hostnames I used were www.google.com and google.com.

Screen shot 2012-12-18 at 10 44 59 AM

specialunderwear commented

Have you got installed any:

  • Ui modifications (theme stuff or anything)
  • vpn client
  • virus scanner
  • kernel extensions

What you are describing is very very strange and I've never seen it

specialunderwear commented

So again I think you don't have permission to edit /etc/hosts and that causes the strange behavior. See #16

specialunderwear commented

can you please try the following:

sudo chflags nouchg /private/etc/hosts

And then try to use the hosts prefPane again?