Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [216.75.177.214] X-Originating-Email: [trag16 AT hotmail DOT com] X-Sender: trag16 AT hotmail DOT com From: "Joel" To: References: <1jh2ky6pig2jq DOT dlg AT thorstenkampe DOT de> <20040321165733 DOT GC27006 AT redhat DOT com> Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet -- Never mind Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:25:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Mar 2004 18:25:12.0132 (UTC) FILETIME=[D91A5840:01C40F71] X-IsSubscribed: yes Don't bother replying, I just realized I don't need Cygwin, I'm afraid. Thanks Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel" To: Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Pechtchanski" > To: "Joel" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet > > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------ > > Is there a way to stop it from invoking the windows command? Also, my > machine doesn't have a hostname. Is Cygwin trying to run like a server? > > Thanks > > Joel > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/