Blocking sites using /etc/hosts
To fight against my procrastination I changed /etc/hosts on my Ubuntu (11.10) laptop. The /etc/hosts looks now like
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 plus.google.com
127.0.0.1 twitter.com
and many more time-eaters in it!
But if I type now facebook.com in my browser it still works.
Is there a DNS cache or something?
linux cache dns
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 18 '12 at 14:02
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
add a comment |
To fight against my procrastination I changed /etc/hosts on my Ubuntu (11.10) laptop. The /etc/hosts looks now like
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 plus.google.com
127.0.0.1 twitter.com
and many more time-eaters in it!
But if I type now facebook.com in my browser it still works.
Is there a DNS cache or something?
linux cache dns
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 18 '12 at 14:02
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.cometc.
– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39
add a comment |
To fight against my procrastination I changed /etc/hosts on my Ubuntu (11.10) laptop. The /etc/hosts looks now like
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 plus.google.com
127.0.0.1 twitter.com
and many more time-eaters in it!
But if I type now facebook.com in my browser it still works.
Is there a DNS cache or something?
linux cache dns
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
To fight against my procrastination I changed /etc/hosts on my Ubuntu (11.10) laptop. The /etc/hosts looks now like
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 plus.google.com
127.0.0.1 twitter.com
and many more time-eaters in it!
But if I type now facebook.com in my browser it still works.
Is there a DNS cache or something?
linux cache dns
linux cache dns
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
edited Feb 23 at 14:46
xpt
3,216145693
3,216145693
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
asked Feb 18 '12 at 13:24
JoergJoerg
1236
1236
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 18 '12 at 14:02
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 18 '12 at 14:02
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.cometc.
– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39
add a comment |
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.cometc.
– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--
127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.com etc.– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--
127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.com etc.– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
Are you perhaps going to www.facebook.com rather than facebook.com? You probably want to block www. variants as well.
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "3"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f391357%2fblocking-sites-using-etc-hosts%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Are you perhaps going to www.facebook.com rather than facebook.com? You probably want to block www. variants as well.
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
add a comment |
Are you perhaps going to www.facebook.com rather than facebook.com? You probably want to block www. variants as well.
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
add a comment |
Are you perhaps going to www.facebook.com rather than facebook.com? You probably want to block www. variants as well.
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
Are you perhaps going to www.facebook.com rather than facebook.com? You probably want to block www. variants as well.
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
answered Feb 18 '12 at 13:28
Chris MorganChris Morgan
1598
1598
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
add a comment |
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
such an easy answer... i was searching really long for deleting the dns cache... thanks for your help!
– Joerg
Feb 18 '12 at 13:58
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Super User!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f391357%2fblocking-sites-using-etc-hosts%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
By the way, you can put multiple entries on one line--
127.0.0.1 facebook.com plus.google.com twitter.com stackoverflow.cometc.– Chris Morgan
Feb 18 '12 at 13:39