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**pealo86** · 09-08-2010, 03:00 PM

I am having trouble editing my hosts file in Snow Leopard. Well, I can edit it fine, but the changes seem to give no effect whatsoever.

My hosts file looks like so:

Code:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost
127.0.0.1       localhost www.localhost.com

I cannot access localhost by entering '127.0.0.1' into my browser, nor can I access it by entering 'www.localhost.com'.

Firefox simply tells me either 'Unable to Connect' or 'The Connection was reset', respectively.

I've also tried the line:

Code:

 127.0.0.1 www.localhost.com

Is there something I am doing wrong?? I have been looking all over the internet all week and cannot see what I might be missing!

The only way I can connect to localhost is by visiting 'http://localhost:8888/'.

If it helps, I am running MAMP.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

**chrishirst** · 09-08-2010, 03:29 PM

The host file is working, it's just that your server is running on port 8888 rather than the default of port 80.

**pealo86** · 09-08-2010, 04:06 PM

Genius!! Set the ports to the default Apache ones and it works like a charm