OSX 10.9.4 ~ unable to change, unlock or modify hosts file??

Hey guys, going crazy here. Have tried Sudo commands, shell commands; trying to CHMOD myself to add permissions/ownership. Nothing works; I cannot unlock the file, no matter what I do. I'm admin, but cannot alter the file /private/etc/hosts I'm at a loss. Any ideas??

Select your hard drive's Desktop icon. Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the bottom what do you see displayed in the bottom panel - Sharing and Permissions? Is the box to Ignore permissions checked? If it is then uncheck it. Be sure the disk's privileges are set as follows:

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sibeen, please stop starting new posts when you are really just continuing the first post. "Reply" to one of your existing posts when you are really just continuing the same question. If I have not lost count, you have posted 3 times about this same ssh rsa host key issue, and Linc Davis and I have been trying to keep track of all the details, but with it spread out across multiple new posts, it is difficult.
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Please help with my first post...
Unable to change Date Created field in Metadata.
I am a newspaper photographer sending .jpg pics with captions to my office from my iMac. They are viewed at the office on Windows PCs using SCC MediaGrid.
When changing Date Created in Metadata Invalid Format warning appears "Format should be ISO 8601 XML compliant, that is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm[:ss][tz] (eg 2006-07-11T13:14:30-07:00)"
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Nick I don't generallt use the IPTC metadata, so I'm not sure I will be too much help.
What version of Aperture are you using? I tried both things and I didn't have any problems with the latest version of Aperture on my Mac.
I was able to enter a date into "Date Created" both with and without the time-zone adjustment. Can you tell us the exact string you tried to enter into the "Date Created" and exactly when you get the error? I tried to enter my time zone (eastern US) as "-5:00", but Aperture wouldn't let me enter the 5 and popped up the error message when I typed that key. I had to use "-05:00".
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2) The IPTC standard does indicate the end-of-line style, but either Aperture or your other programs don't follow it.
or
3) IPTC Metadata doesn't actually support end-of-line, so Aperture should not allow you to enter multiple lines, but it has a bug so it does allow you to do that.
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Manufacturer Gateway
Model NX860XL
Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes
Storage
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Disk partition (C:) 16 GB Free (65 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 4 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
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Total available graphics memory 527 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 271 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.10.9816
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