# Pihole cannot resolve hosts

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-cannot-resolve-hosts/17797>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-cannot-resolve-hosts/17797 "2019-02-27T05:42:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![deadgar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/deadgar/32/6795_2.png) [@deadgar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deadgar)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-cannot-resolve-hosts/17797/2 "2019-02-27T06:28:28Z")

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I have self-resolved:

Firstly I ran the suggested edit from [Problem with FTL and dnsmasq after pihole -up (Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS) - #9 by DL6ER](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/problem-with-ftl-and-dnsmasq-after-pihole-up-ubuntu-16-04-5-lts/11756/9)

And then I ran the chown updates described in [Pi-hole no web interface access and lighttpd.service failed to start - #34 by dieterg](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-no-web-interface-access-and-lighttpd-service-failed-to-start/14225/34) which allowed me to restart lighttpd.

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