[GLLUG] /ect/hosts gone bad

[Michael George]

On Tue, July 3, 2007 2:39 pm, Benjamin Cathey wrote:
> Typically root is disabled on ubuntu

Ah.  Hmm, I'm not so sure that's a good idea, but maybe in the general
case...  I guess it does explain, though, why he didn't comment when I
first replied with that.

You could also boot the system from a CD, mount the partition that has
/etc on it, and get a look at the hosts file.  Is that something you would
feel comfortable doing, Jordan?

> This may help
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/2583
>
> or possibly
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=278049
>
> DO NOT reload man - it's linux for god's sake ;)

Exactly!

> If neither of those fixes your problem, let me know and we can look
> further.

-Michael George
 Ideal Solution, LLC