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From:	Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject:	Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet
Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:58:52 +0100
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* DePriest, Jason R. (2004-03-22 22:51 +0100)
> Joel wrote:
>> Why is it trying to access a DNS anyways? Is there any way to stop it
>> from doing this?
> 
> What is your bash prompt (PS1) set to?
> If you have '\h' in it, it will try to put your host name there and it
> has to look it up before it can display it.

Yes, sure. That's why the default prompt in bash is "joel AT 127 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 1$ ".

Couldn't we just end this thread before it gets totally ridicilous...?

Thorsten


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