X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:43:10 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file) Message-ID: <20110516164310.GB3400@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <79185194FE99DA4FA42EE0E98FC5A320D208AC63 AT METROPOLITAN DOT kontera DOT com> <4DD0EAEE DOT 9090508 AT gmx DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DD0EAEE.9090508@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:14:22AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: >Am 16.05.2011 11:09, schrieb Avishai Geller: >> How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file. > >Don't second-guess. > >http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html Please don't short circuit our established bug reporting conventions: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple