Alter Host file on a Mac?

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I've altered a DNS to IP# on a PC (NT) host file but I don't know how to do it on a Mac. Any cross platform people out there?

I don't even know if there is a host file.

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Doren, sorry don't know much about this one. I will talk to one of my Mac buddies and see if I can find out.

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Thanks mairving but I've figured out how to do it.

Pretty simple, just make a file in BBedit with something like this

anyname.com A 59.113.45.345

Where the spaces separating the A are tabs and there is one carriage return at the end.

Open the TCP/IP control panel. Use it's Edit menu to set the controlpanel to 'advanced' . Use the 'Select host file...' to select the BBedit file you've made.

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