So, I was looking for a way to block URLs to certain websites that provide constant sources of distraction and productivity losses, and It was recommended that I try editing the hosts file.
I followed the steps outlined here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/modify-manage-hosts-file-linux/ but its still not blocking reddit or any website I add in there. Here are the steps I follow: I open up the root terminal and run sudo nano /etc/hosts then I paste in 127.0.0.1 reddit.com click cntrl x, click y, click enter, and that should be it, right? But nothing seems to change. I can still access reddit. Im still being distracted. But the hosts file is definitly changed, when I go to look at just by clicking on it normally this is what it looks like: 127.0.0.1 localhost amnesia ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters 127.0.0.1 reddit.com what am I doing wrong? ive tried variations of reddit, www.reddit.com, https://www.reddit.com, ive tried tabs and spaces and putting different line breaks, Ive tried sticking the line in a bunch of different places in the document as well, and 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1, but nothing seems to work. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. cass _______________________________________________ tails-support mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
