/etc/hosts being overwritten

Ok, so I'm setting up my aspire one to do some development work while on the road. I have Apache installed, and want to add an alias for 127.0.0.1, however something overwrites /etc/hosts when I boot.
I've seen lots of others with a similar problem on Ubuntu, but haven't come across anyone who's published a solution yet. Does anyone know what's going on? And how do I set an alias for localhost?
Thanks,
Bernie

 

Sounds like a rogue startup script finds it necessary to change it. You can stop that with the "chattr +i /etc/hosts" command. That will make the file "immutable." Nothing, not even root, will be able to write or append to this file without that bit cleared "-i". You can also list these special permissions with the "lsattr" command just like the "ls" command.

To set an alias for localhost, just put "localhost" in the same line after the IP number you want it set. You can have multiple names or aliases after a given IP number.

 

Ok, I'll go with the chattr solution. I had read that somewhere else, but it seemed like a bit of a kludgy way to fix it. I was hoping to find the service responsible and either stop it doing it, or edit the source files or configuration files it uses.

Thanks anyway,
Bernie

 

One of the startup scripts is the culprit; take a look at

Code:

sudo vi /etc/rc.d/rc.5

if you still have the issue

(tip source http://rasmuskjeldsen.blogspot.com/2008/11/acer-aspire-one-hosts-file.html)