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Tip: Unlocking Hosts file in Lion
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1364403" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>I'm sure it's more convenient but I'm not sure you want to go around making files outside of the user directory r/w. This is a bad habit to get into (from a security standpoint) and there's a reason that the file has limited permissions.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps a warning is warranted for such a tip: <strong>don't do this for any files unless you absolutely know what you're doing and feel comfortable fixing things (in the case that something goes wrong)</strong>. Even then, I'd still recommend against doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1364403, member: 71075"] I'm sure it's more convenient but I'm not sure you want to go around making files outside of the user directory r/w. This is a bad habit to get into (from a security standpoint) and there's a reason that the file has limited permissions. Perhaps a warning is warranted for such a tip: [B]don't do this for any files unless you absolutely know what you're doing and feel comfortable fixing things (in the case that something goes wrong)[/B]. Even then, I'd still recommend against doing it. [/QUOTE]
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