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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "John Vincent" <jpv50@hotmail.com>, <michael.wardle@adacel.com>
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Subject: Re: The /etc/hosts file (was Re: ssh and name resolution)
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:16:26 +0100
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John Vincent <jpv50@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Win98 it's at c:\WINDOWS\Hosts.sam (but it's still the
> same text format)

.sam = Sample

For the file to have an effect, it must be renamed to hosts (no extension).

Max.



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