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/etc/hosts file permission Mamp Pro

I'm running MAMP and it's telling me that it can't write to the /etc/hosts file. I'm guessing it's a permission issue but not totally sure. This is the error: 

The file /etc/hosts couldn't be written

Any thoughts?

Solution

  • You might want to read this: http://www.justincarmony.com/blog/2011/07/27/mac-os-x-lion-etc-hosts-bugs-and-dns-resolution/