Jay> As was already stated, there is no need to reboot to have it
Jay> take effect. But something to consider is why you are making
Jay> frequent changes. DNS is a much better solution for changing
Jay> hostnames/ips, as most dhcp clients support dns updates (to a
Jay> degree).
I am adding annoying pop up sites, etc into my host file and pointing them
all to 127.0.0.1. I use dansguardian for filtering, but did not want an
access-denied page every one of these sites were directed to the 127
address.
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