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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:35:15 -0400
From: "Zieg, Mark" <mark DOT zieg AT lmco DOT com>
Subject: RE: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:48:07AM -0400, Joe Buehler wrote:
>Paul Johnston wrote:
>
>>NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install should
>>create this symbolic link:
>>
>>/etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
>
>This is a great idea, making allowances for variations in the different
>versions of Windows, of course.

Remember that corporate NT users often don't have admin rights to their own
boxes, and thus cannot edit /WINNT/system32/drivers/etc/hosts (this is my
own sad state of affairs).

Thus, if such a symlink is created, please note in the documentation that
some users will have to delete the link and manually create their own
/etc/hosts file in order to restore original Cygwin functionality.

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