I keep running into this error pertaining to the hosts file. I’ve followed a couple solutions that I’ve found here, however, I’m still running into the same error.
I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the application.
I’ve unchecked the read-only attribute for the hosts file properties.
I’ve tried to manually add my site to the hosts file.
What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc
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Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed.
Thank you for the update @jlgold2th! Glad to hear were able to get it sorted. I just did a Google search for “Webroot blocking host file” and got a lot of results. Seems to be a common problem. You might have to check out some of these threads or see if they have any documentation on how to “allow” programs access to update the Hosts file. I’m not familiar with Webroot myself to be able to say definitively where that might be.
