StomachsSquirm

Hey there folks,
I already have some idea in terms of how to block a website on Safari by reading one of the threats on here. One quick problem is, my password isn't accepted in Terminal. It keeps noting '..sudo: incorrect password... sorry, try again.'
I reset the password a few times; It's 8 characters long with letters and numbers. Any clue as to why it's happening?

sinclair_tm

sudo isn't for your user password, but the password for the root. But you also must have admin permissions and be logged into an admin account to invoke sudo.

StomachsSquirm

Well here is what I'm trying to do as quoted,

"Use Finder to search for the application Terminal.
In there type: sudo pico /etc/hosts
Enter your root password.
Use the arrow keys to move down to the bottom line and then type:

127.0.0.1 www.thesiteyouwanttoblock.com

There is a space between 127.0.0.1 and www.

User Ctrl+X to exit and Y to Save.

Then type lookupd -flushcache

Quit the Terminal and restart Safari."


So as soon as I enter "sudo pico /etc/hosts", I get a WARNING:...
Then I get to enter the password which I think is the root password, but it fails. What am I doing wrong?

sinclair_tm

How do you know it fails? And how are you sure it's the root password?

StomachsSquirm

I'm telling you this doesn't look right. It ASKS for the root password. But when I write the root password, it keeps rejecting. I know I was putting the right password.

sinclair_tm

Again, how do you know it is failing? When you type in passwords in the terminal, there is no feedback. What are you seeing after you type in the password and hit return?

StomachsSquirm

Now something weird happened. Since I'm doing thing on a different account, it went like this,

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
hominin is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
..-..-computer:~ hominin$ postdrop: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory

What do you think?

sinclair_tm

It gives that error because hominin isn't an admin on the Mac. If it is an admin account, then there is something wrong with the permissions on the Mac, and you should fix permissions.

StomachsSquirm

Yeah I figured. Anyway, the whole blocking thing doesn't really do much though, doesn it? I mean, is there another way to avoid getting those annoying pop-ups from partypoker.com / nytimes... sites?
The reason I went after blocking was that the pop-up blocker in either Safari or Firefox wasn't working.
Any suggestions?

sinclair_tm

Yes, this won't block popups, that is a different thing all together. What version of the OS are you running? ANd is it all up to date? Also, what are your cookie settings?

StomachsSquirm

It is up to date in a sense that I do the automatic updates. In other words, I'm 10.4.11 altho I think it was a 10.4.10 version when I bought it.
Cookie settings? Can you be more specific?

sinclair_tm

Open the preferences, under the menu "Safari:Preferences...", click on the icon at the top of the box that opens that is labeled "Security" and then look under the "Accept cookies" section.