08-27-2009, 07:51 AM

Hello!

In a vague attempt at accessing youtube from Turkey, which currently has a ban of sorts going on the site, I entered the following commands in a terminal window after finding it as a possible solution on slashdot.org:

sudo bash
echo "208.65.153.253 www.youtube.com" >> /etc/hosts

This sort of fixed my problem whilst in Turkey, but now that I'm out of the country and in a place where freedom of expression and information is (in appearance at least) better protected, I find myself unable to access youtube in any way through Safari.

So the question, in a nutshell, is: how do I backtrack on the command I entered previously? ie. : how do I erase whatever modification it may have made?

Any answers appreciated, I'm unix illiterate

Cheers!

08-27-2009, 08:24 AM

You just need to edit your hosts file.

Here's how I'd do it:

Open up Terminal and type:

sudo pico /etc/hosts

That will open up a relatively easy to use text editor and allow you to remove the entry (just delete the entire line that your edit is on). When you're done, hit Control-X, 'Y' to save changes and then type exit at the prompt.

That's all there is to it.

08-27-2009, 09:57 AM

Thank you very much, that was very helpful!