On 7/3/21, Robbi Nespu <robbine...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using StevenBlack host file > (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) to > block ads / malware / ect via host file. > > But somehow the system does't respecting my hosts file anymore.. that weird > >> $ sudo cat /etc/hosts | grep wizhumpgyros.com >> 0.0.0.0 wizhumpgyros.com >> >> $ ping wizhumpgyros.com >> PING wizhumpgyros.com (51.195.115.102) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from ip102.ip-51-195-115.eu (51.195.115.102): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 >> time=212 ms >> ^C >> --- wizhumpgyros.com ping statistics --- >> 2 packets transmitted, 1 received, 50% packet loss, time 1001ms >> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 211.749/211.749/211.749/0.000 ms >> >> $ ls -lrta /etc/ | grep hosts >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411 Feb 25 18:45 hosts.allow >> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 13 10:19 ghostscript >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14769 May 10 02:19 hosts.deny >> -rw------- 1 root root 2480447 Jul 4 11:01 hosts > > I expecting pinging wizhumpgyros.com and all others defined blocked > domain will give me time-out or something but seem it not happen. > > I already flush via systemctl restart networking and reboot my computer. > Still it not working as I expected
Maybe your /etc/nsswitch.conf? $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf # hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns hosts: files dns
