Re: \etc\hosts file is overwritten

From: NoneOfBusiness (NoneOfBusiness_at_nob.net)
Date: 02/29/04


Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:58:25 -0500

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:52:54 GMT, "JasonW" <no@no.com> wrote:

>You could change permissions on the file to only allow a select few to
>change it.
>
>-JasonW
>
>"Sathya Sastry" <sathya.sastry@hp.com> wrote in message
>news:111b01c3824c$a1dcbfb0$3501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi Gurus,
>>
>> On some of our Windows 2000 servers, the c:\winnt\system32
>> \drivers\etc\hosts file is being overwritten with an older
>> file.
>> All the modifications were lost.
>>
>> Has anyone has any idea what is happening? and how Can I
>> find which application/process is updating this file?
>>
>> Any pointers will help,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sathya
>

Or you could make it read only...



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