Don't bother replying, I just realized I don't need Cygwin, I'm afraid. Thanks
Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Joel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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/
