sudo command has a problem

I've got a huge problem with my sudo command
I like to run cs5 on my mac LION 10.7.2
and I go to
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
and put 127.0.0.1 blah blah blah
but somehow I did something wrong and when I put sudo command in the Terminal it shows:


Nov 21 00:10:02 Piyawan-Thaipetkuls-MacBook-Pro.local TextEdit[2672] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID -1
Nov 21 00:10:02 Piyawan-Thaipetkuls-MacBook-Pro.local TextEdit[2672] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 21 00:10:02 Piyawan-Thaipetkuls-MacBook-Pro.local TextEdit[2672] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowShadowAndRimParametersWithStretch: Invalid window 0xffffffff
2011-11-21 00:10:17.659 TextEdit[2672:2107] NSTrackPersistentURLs: LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL() failed at inserting URL file://localhost/etc/hosts (/etc/hosts)

Anyone knows how to fix this?
Thanks

Try this instead


sudo open -t /etc/hosts


it's not a problem with sudo. It's just a bad command structure in the first place.

That said, make sure you understand what you're doing in /etc/hosts, or you can really screw things up. Also, shouldn't have anything to do with cs5 in the first place.

Where'd you get this copy of CS5 from?

Thank you very much
but can you tell me how to fix these errors or make everything becomes normal?
and I have tried this

sudo open -t /etc/hosts

it shows like something that should come up when i press this command
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
what does this command(sudo open -t /etc/hosts) do? can you explain abit more?
btw, i bought the copy of cs5 from the shop in Thailand

nan.piyawan said:

btw, i bought the copy of cs5 from the shop in Thailand

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If the software you purchased is having you modify /etc/hosts to force attempted connections with Adobe's servers to point to your local machine (and therefore fail), chances are you bought a pirated copy.

I too had to access and edit the hosts file for something similar. I used and was able to get into the hosts file after it asked for my password in Terminal and use up/down arrows to navigate through the text in it. When you're done editing it, hit Ctrl+X to exit and it will ask if you want to save hit "Y" and then enter to save the file name as the same. Done. Good luck.

PS - Sorry you paid for this.

ImageX said:

I too had to access and edit the hosts file for something similar. I used

Code:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

and was able to get into the hosts file after it asked for my password in Terminal and use up/down arrows to navigate through the text in it. When you're done editing it, hit Ctrl+X to exit and it will ask if you want to save hit "Y" and then enter to save the file name as the same. Done. Good luck.

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Actually i did like what you have done, but when i hit ctrl+O to save it said about the file name so i changed to
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts instead of save the file name as the same then i hit "Y" and it said that there's the error about the file name then i hit Ctrl+X to exit (Obviously i ignored the error). After that i opened Terminal to check sudo/application command there are errors.
Btw, does it work well with ur cs5 then? is cs5 keep asking for ur serial no.?

Need helps to make everything becomes normal.

Now im considering to purchase the original cs5.5 but i really want to fix this problem first.

You're not supposed to change the name to anything. When it asks about the save name, just hit enter. Do not change it. No, my CS5 does not keep asking for my serial number.

Thanks for all comments
but still i can't figure it out how to solve the error so anyone has a solution pls come and share.

If yours is a legit copy I would uninstall it completely (might need a Google here to find out all the files to remove), then download a trial CS5 from Adobe and apply your serial number.

Cheers

Hugh