* Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file)
@ 2011-05-16 9:10 Avishai Geller
2011-05-16 9:14 ` Matthias Andree
2011-05-16 9:32 ` Thorsten Kampe
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From: Avishai Geller @ 2011-05-16 9:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file.
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* Re: Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file)
2011-05-16 9:10 Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file) Avishai Geller
@ 2011-05-16 9:14 ` Matthias Andree
2011-05-16 16:43 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-16 9:32 ` Thorsten Kampe
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From: Matthias Andree @ 2011-05-16 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Am 16.05.2011 11:09, schrieb Avishai Geller:
> How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file.
Don't second-guess.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
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* Re: Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file)
2011-05-16 9:10 Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file) Avishai Geller
2011-05-16 9:14 ` Matthias Andree
@ 2011-05-16 9:32 ` Thorsten Kampe
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From: Thorsten Kampe @ 2011-05-16 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
* Avishai Geller (Mon, 16 May 2011 02:09:57 -0700)
> How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in
read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that
UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file.
You disable UAC or run the shell as Administrator.
Thorsten
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* Re: Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file)
2011-05-16 9:14 ` Matthias Andree
@ 2011-05-16 16:43 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-05-16 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:14:22AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Am 16.05.2011 11:09, schrieb Avishai Geller:
>> How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file.
>
>Don't second-guess.
>
>http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
Please don't short circuit our established bug reporting conventions:
http://cygwin.com/problems.html
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