Comments on: How To Block Unwanted Website In Ubuntu Linux

By: gks

gks — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:22:37 +0000

i hav bloked facebook …nw plz tell me hw 2 unblock..

By: Hiren

Hiren — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:32:05 +0000

it’s read only i can not edit it.

By: Taufik Kusyanto

Taufik Kusyanto — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:58:18 +0000

don’t blocked domain

By: peacee

peacee — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:45:06 +0000

ok i have tried to block sites and i did it i need now to unblock it please help

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:41:23 +0000

you must be super user to modify the file since it is owned by root.
either get super user privileges first by typing “su” or “sudo su”
or do it at once with “sudo gedit /etc/hosts”

If you want to get to a site blocked using this method try using a free web proxy such as http://www.freedombyproxy.com

By: Ridza

Ridza — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:18:34 +0000

Ok, I deleted those lines but that particular site is still being blocked. Why?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:25:19 +0000

A better way would use iptables. There are several frontends for iptables that make configuration simple. The problem with /etc/hosts is that too many entries can slow you down.

By: Bence

Bence — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:18:08 +0000

To unblock, simply delete those lines you have added.

By: holynilk

holynilk — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:00:52 +0000

i added mydomain.com to that list successfully, but still the site isn’t blocked…what to do?

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By: Henkipje

Henkipje — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:17:42 +0000

How can I unblock this site now?

By: asgar ali m k

asgar ali m k — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:07:58 +0000

how to unblock?

By: Tduck

Tduck — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:02:21 +0000

I got the same trouble. How do you fix it?

By: Bodincus

Bodincus — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:00:32 +0000

http://www.opendns.com

By: Rh354

Rh354 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:41:29 +0000

you can use squid+squidguard for that

By: jia

jia — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:21:05 +0000

i want to block all the sites in my computer which is related to porn stars,porn movies please help me

By: sagar

sagar — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:24:19 +0000

i undrstood how to block a website in single machine but how 2 block website for all users on same network.

By: muhin

muhin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:45:33 +0000

i made it. write likes (must give same coloumn between 127.0.0.1 and http://www.facebook.com on above)

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 muhinboss-desktop
127.0.0.1 http://www.facebook.com

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

By: muhin

muhin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:38:46 +0000

now i found how it can be save.

By: muhin

muhin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:28:47 +0000

i can not save hosts file bcz it’s read only (unchangeable)… now how can i save hosts file??

By: Gus

Gus — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:49:12 +0000

How do I unblock it now?

By: DavidDailey86

DavidDailey86 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:46:24 +0000

in terminal, type: sudo su
enter your password
then type: gedit /etc/hosts

add the line
127.0.0.1 siteyouwannablock.com

make sure you exclude the "http://" and make sure you block all sub-domains of the site.

hope this helped!
example:

127.0.0.1 siteyouwannablock.com
127.0.0.1 www.siteyouwannablock.com
127.0.0.1 ad-server.siteyouwannablock.com

By: deewangan

deewangan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:45:18 +0000

it doesn't work for me, i am using ubuntu 8.10, any idea why?