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Re: gethostbyaddr() doesn't work for localhost under W32/9x
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:04:41 +0200
- Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() doesn't work for localhost under W32/9x
- References: <20020828134240.H5475@cygbert.vinschen.de> <NFBBLOMHALONCDMPGBLFMEGBDLAA.ronald@landheer.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:57:10AM +0200, Ronald Landheer wrote:
> Hello Corinna,
>
> Just to make sure: I have the latest download of Cygwin (all packages)
> on a W32/98SE system, all patches M$ applied. I systematically get a
> "permission denied" when I run the testcase.
> I may have bugs in my brain, but I'm not imagining things (I think).
> What could cause this?
gethostbyaddr isn't a special Cygwin implementation but just a wrapper
for the original WinSock implementation. If you don't get a name for
127.0.0.1 it's a problem in your Windows configuration. Check your DNS
or fix your ${windir}/HOSTS file.
Corinna
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