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Re: why is bash trying to access my DNS?
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:13:07PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Geoffrey,
>
> Just to connect the dots, does your BASH prompt contain "\h" or "\H"?
> The default PS1 established in "/etc/profile" and
> "/etc/profile.default" contain "\h" and hence trigger a host name look
> up per Pierre's message.
>
bash also sets the HOSTNAME env variable.
Pierre
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