You could set something up in your .bashrc to check if /etc/hosts has changed, then make a new copy in ~ if it has. I leave implementation to the student -- I'm just an idea rat.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:43 AM, John Lange <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@johnlange.ca">john@johnlange.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 10:41 -0500, Sean Walberg wrote:<br>
> Don't rely on the system resolver... Proxy out, by IP address if need<br>
> be.<br>
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> Not sure if Windows has an equivalent of LD_PRELOAD, but using your<br>
> own resolver that always uses DNS, would do it.<br>
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</div>This just reminded me of something, I've always wondered is why you<br>
can't have a "hosts" file in your home directory that takes priority<br>
over /etc/hosts.<br>
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On my laptop I have a number of entries in /etc/hosts and every dam time<br>
I rebuild my laptop I forget to take a current backup and I have to<br>
rebuild it.<br>
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/home is on a separate partition so I wouldn't loose it on a rebuild.<br>
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Any suggestions on alternative ways to solve this?<br>
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</font><div class="im">John Lange<br>
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