I'm trying to get a website permanently blocked on my Mac. After looking up how to do that, I followed the steps exactly as they said in the Terminal. After every input of my correct password, it says: "Sorry, try again."
I tried every password possible, most importantly the admins password but it still doesn't work.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.2
You can't just use any password. You can only use your user account password with an account that is in the Administrators group. If your user account is a standard account, then it won't work. Instead, you would need to "su admin" into your Administrator account and then use "sudo" from there.
All that being said, you can't block websites with a hosts file and shouldn't try. It's a long story, but a futile endeavour.
DMaksimovich wrote:
I tried every password possible, most importantly the admins password but it still doesn't work.
admin psswd are case sensitive
etresoft wrote:
All that being said, you can't block websites with a hosts file and shouldn't try. It's a long story, but a futile endeavour.
+1
That was a useful reply, thank you very much.
Terminal: sudo nano /etc/hosts Mac: "Sorry, try again." after correct Admin password
