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Whenever I edit my /etc/hosts file it's not long before I find it is exactly what it was before I edited it. Is there some master file I should be editing, or a gui interface I'm supposed to be using to edit it?

I'm still on Natty.

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Are you working with VPN? – user61928 Oct 3 '12 at 12:22
do you have dnsmasq in your system? – user61928 Oct 3 '12 at 12:23
No vpn, but it looks like dnsmasq-base is installed. I'll look into that and update on results. – Rob Mosher Oct 3 '12 at 23:14

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According to this post your problem is caused by one of the three possibilities:

1.It's due to dnsmasq defaulting to sys dns settings.

http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-39367

http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/dnsmasq

2.You need to update .

3.Any changes you make to /etc/hosts or /ets/resolv.conf during the VPN session are wiped out when you disconnect from the VPN

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