Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-22 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* DePriest, Jason R. (2004-03-22 22:51 +0100) > Joel wrote: >> Why is it trying to access a DNS anyways? Is there any way to stop it >> from doing this? > > What is your bash prompt (PS1) set to? > If you have '\h' in it, it will try to put your host name there and it > has to look it up before it

RE: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-22 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
Joel wrote: > Why is it trying to access a DNS anyways? Is there any way to stop it > from doing this? > > Thanks > > Joel What is your bash prompt (PS1) set to? If you have '\h' in it, it will try to put your host name there and it has to look it up before it can display it. -Jason --

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Martin Gainty
from western canada check it out? ~Martin~ - Original Message - From: "Thorsten Kampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet > * Joel (2004-03-21 14:49 +0100) > &g

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet -- Never mind

2004-03-21 Thread Joel
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

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Joel
- 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 beca

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
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 tryi

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Joel
Why is it trying to access a DNS anyways? Is there any way to stop it from doing this? Thanks Joel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: h

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 10:57:17AM -0500, Joel wrote: >I don't know how to find out anything else about the address but I am told >it is a DNS server. According to this thread: >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg00127.html from last year, Cygwin >is trying to get my hostname, and I want it

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Joel
Joel - Original Message - From: "Thorsten Kampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet > * Joel (2004-03-21 14:49 +0100) > > Hi, I just downloaded Cygwin yesterday, and Bash

Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Joel (2004-03-21 14:49 +0100) > Hi, I just downloaded Cygwin yesterday, and Bash tries to connect to > the internet when I open it. ZoneAlarm stopped it though. Yes, /great/ piece of software... > I talked with the nice people at Perlmonks, who say they have never > had that happe

Bash tries to connect to the internet

2004-03-21 Thread Joel
Hi, I just downloaded Cygwin yesterday, and Bash tries to connect to the internet when I open it. ZoneAlarm stopped it though. I talked with the nice people at Perlmonks, who say they have never had that happen. So I came here. When I open Bash, I get a message from ZoneAlarm asking me if Bash can