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Bit torrent and terminal help!

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IBSNOWEDIN

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May 7, 2004
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Nova Scotia, Canada
Hi,

I'm trying to get the tracker to work from the site http://24.104.25.130:2938/index.html (Mac Torrents Kick Ass), the steps are:


1. Open the terminal
2. Type "sudo pico /etc/hosts" (with out the "quotes")
3. Type your password (The password to your computer's login! - Not MTKA's login password)
4. In pico hold the down key arrow till you reach the end of the file
5. Hit the return key a few times
6. Paste this EXACTLY excluding the equals signs
================
#Temp TKA
24.104.25.130 temptka
================
7. Hold the control key (ctrl) and tap o (not zero, O as in OUT)
8. Hit return to confirm the write out
9. Hold the control key (crtl) again and tap x to exit
10. Quit the terminal since we are done with it
11. Open Safari
12. Type: "http://temptka/"
13. Make certain that you receive a message like
==================================
Yep, looks like you're configured and ready to go. . .
==================================
14. Then go to
http://temptka:2938/
15. Enjoy!


But i'm getting a commend not found when i do step 2. I'm running 10.3.4

Thanks
 
When you type in the "sudo pico /etc/hosts" (without quotes of course) do you get a field to enter your password?

If not: you did not install the BSD subsystem when you installed OS X. You will need to install it in order to use the pico command.
 
I do get enter password then after i enter it i get command not found, their is no "#" sign with every entry it is something like -bash-2.05b$ what is that?

Thanks
 
IBSNOWEDIN said:
Hi,

I'm trying to get the tracker to work from the site http://24.104.25.130:2938/index.html (Mac Torrents Kick Ass), the steps are:


1. Open the terminal
2. Type "sudo pico /etc/hosts" (with out the "quotes")
3. Type your password (The password to your computer's login! - Not MTKA's login password)
4. In pico hold the down key arrow till you reach the end of the file
5. Hit the return key a few times
6. Paste this EXACTLY excluding the equals signs
================
#Temp TKA
24.104.25.130 temptka
================
7. Hold the control key (ctrl) and tap o (not zero, O as in OUT)
8. Hit return to confirm the write out
9. Hold the control key (crtl) again and tap x to exit
10. Quit the terminal since we are done with it
11. Open Safari
12. Type: "http://temptka/"
13. Make certain that you receive a message like
==================================
Yep, looks like you're configured and ready to go. . .
==================================
14. Then go to
http://temptka:2938/
15. Enjoy!


But i'm getting a commend not found when i do step 2. I'm running 10.3.4

Thanks
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Try this: type "which pico" (without the "quotes") at the Terminal; if you get "/usr/bin/pico" as the output, then pico is present. If you get "no pico in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin" as the output, then pico is missing.
 
applemacdude said:
Does it seem to be down for u guys? cuz its not working here
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Well, I was able to access the site without making the change to the terminal - all I got was a message saying that I wasn't authorized to view this page and that I needed to register or login to continue.
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
Try this: type "which pico" (without the "quotes") at the Terminal; if you get "/usr/bin/pico" as the output, then pico is present. If you get "no pico in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin" as the output, then pico is missing.
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When i go "Which pico" i'm getting

-bash-2.05b$ which pico
-bash: which: command not found
-bash-2.05b$

no clue what is up with my terminal going to try it on my PB to see if anything works

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: didn't work my PB too which is running 10.3.4 , also this is what i get when i put in sudo pico /etc/hosts

"-bash-2.05b$ sudo pico /etc/hosts
Password:
sudo: pico: command not found
-bash-2.05b$"

Also i can connect to the site but it says that i need to do this to connect to the tracking to download.


here is where i got the info to do the tracker:

http://forums.torrentskickass.com/macboard/viewtopic.php?t=16729

Thanks
 
IBSNOWEDIN said:
When i go "Which pico" i'm getting

-bash-2.05b$ which pico
-bash: which: command not found
-bash-2.05b$

no clue what is up with my terminal going to try it on my PB to see if anything works

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: didn't work my PB too which is running 10.3.4 , also this is what i get when i put in sudo pico /etc/hosts

"-bash-2.05b$ sudo pico /etc/hosts
Password:
sudo: pico: command not found
-bash-2.05b$"

Also i can connect to the site but it says that i need to do this to connect to the tracking to download.


here is where i got the info to do the tracker:

http://forums.torrentskickass.com/macboard/viewtopic.php?t=16729

Thanks
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Sounds to me like your $PATH environment variable's messed up. That would explain why you're getting command not found errors. Try this: type "/usr/bin/which pico" (without the "quotes") to see if a $PATH problem is to blame. If you get "/usr/bin/which: command not found", something else is messed up. If you get output from which, like in my previous post, then you've got a bad $PATH.
 
IBSNOWEDIN said:
i did what u say and i got

"-bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/which pico
-bash: /usr/bin/which: No such file or directory
-bash-2.05b$"

so what does that mean?
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Something's seriously messed up with the BSD subsystem in your copy of Mac OS X. You might want to try reinstalling it by putting the Panther CD/DVD in your drive, looking for the BSD package, and running it.
 
Alternate method

If you have BBEdit, you can just open the hosts file. the path is /etc/hosts.

Then just make the change and save with your admin password.

Now I wonder why everyone wants on TKA... :rolleyes:
 
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