Properly update /etc/hosts | Vanilla OS | Page 1

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 4:57 PM

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I need to manually add entries to my /etc/hosts file to bypass my country's weird domain block list (e.g. duckduckgo which is my preferred search engine is blocked). Problem is, the /etc/hosts file is owned by root and there's seemingly no proper/safe way to run things as admin in the host shell (not to be confused with vso shell. there's no sudo in the host system)

If I were to locate /etc/hosts in the vso shell. it shows up as owned by nobody and nogroup. As such, running sudo vim /etc/hosts within vso shell will only load the file in readonly mode. Solutions that work system wide would be appreciated, thanks

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Here's how it looks in the vso shell

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 4:59 PM

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Can't you just change it via the network manager?

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 4:59 PM

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light ermine Here's how it looks in the vso shell

And yes that is how it is expected and how it should be

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 5:01 PM

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spark tulip Can't you just change it via the network manager?

By network manager is it the network settings?

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 5:01 PM

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Yes

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 5:02 PM

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I don't see a setting to add hostname/address to the local DNS

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 5:02 PM

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Uus a remote dns?

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 5:05 PM

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Yeah no it doesn't work, unfortunately

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Back in other system I would just define an entry in the hosts file

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8.8.8.8 is applied btw

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 5:12 PM

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You can add it to the /etc/host file via "host-shell pkexec nano /etc/hosts"

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 5:20 PM

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Okay that works

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even though that one command just install a whole 375MB worth of containerized fedora

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Thanks for the help!

spark tulip Jun 4, 2025, 5:21 PM

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light ermine even though that one command just install a whole 375MB worth of containerized f...

????

light ermine Jun 4, 2025, 5:22 PM

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I don't know why but running that command for the first time, prompted the system to install a fedora container for some reason

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sadly I lost the shell history so I couldn't provide a screenshot

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