[solved] host file not accepted

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[solved] host file not accepted

Post#1 by tobiash » 03 Dec 2014, 21:06

Hello,
I edited the 003-settings.xzm file, meaning I created the hosts file within /etc (which doesn't exist yet).
This is needed because I want to prevent users from accessing certain URL.
After that I ran the make_iso.sh file and tested the new ISO file within VirtualBox.
Unfortunately, the hosts-file doesn't seem to have been implemented.
I tried to SSH but the connection was refused.
So what did I miss? My purpose is to block certain URL, and I thought that the easiest way would be by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 within the hosts-file.
Thank you very much.
Last edited by tobiash on 04 Dec 2014, 13:37, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: host file not accepted

Post#2 by fanthom » 03 Dec 2014, 21:27

hi tobiash,

could you wait till early next week? kiosk 3.2.0 will be released then with new whitelist/blacklist function:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/news.html#141122

if you cant wait then please contact me on support@porteus-kiosk.org.

thanks
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Re: host file not accepted

Post#3 by tobiash » 04 Dec 2014, 13:36

Hello,
great news, thank you very much!

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