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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:02:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Joel <Trag16 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Joel wrote:

> Why is it trying to access a DNS anyways? Is there any way to stop it
> from doing this?
>
> Thanks
> Joel

Joel,

Cygwin is trying to access DNS because it invokes a Windows function that
does that.  It is possible to prevent Windows from accessing DNS when
trying to find out the hostname of the machine, but it's beyond the scope
of this list, and you'll have to ask on a Windows forum for further help
with this.  I'd suspect it has something to do with the 'HOSTS' file, and,
FYI, Cygwin provides /etc/hosts as a symlink to that file, to make it
easier.
	Igor
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