Help! Messed up my host file in /etc/!

white book · white book #1 (**permalink**)

03-24-2011, 12:07 AM

Hey all! I'm trying to downgrade my iphone 4 from 4.3 to 4.2.1 and following redmondpie, I went into /etc/ and pasted something into my host file, but it did not work.

Now I'm afraid that my host file is not correct, as I may have deleted an extra line or two.

Can anyone confirm if this is the correct text needed in this file? At this point, I just want my mac back to normal. Thanks!

I have itunes and iantivirus, just incase the info is needed..

Thanks again!

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

03-24-2011, 02:40 AM

Here's mine:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost

The last line shouldn't be there but it doesn't matter anyway since it's been commented out with #.

chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,011 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	03-24-2011, 02:40 AM Here's mine: ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 localhost fe80::1%lo0 localhost The last line shouldn't be there but it doesn't matter anyway since it's been commented out with #. Community Guidelines
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white book #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 07, 2009 Posts: 10 Mac Specs: the regular white macbook from '09	03-24-2011, 12:07 AM Hey all! I'm trying to downgrade my iphone 4 from 4.3 to 4.2.1 and following redmondpie, I went into /etc/ and pasted something into my host file, but it did not work. Now I'm afraid that my host file is not correct, as I may have deleted an extra line or two. Can anyone confirm if this is the correct text needed in this file? At this point, I just want my mac back to normal. Thanks! I have itunes and iantivirus, just incase the info is needed.. Thanks again!
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