Is there a way to install hosts file at login?

[Syckjason]

Is there a way to install a hosts file at login? We use Novell 5.

 

[terry712]

you could copy it through script or nal

but being realistic - hosts are a nightmare - it's like everyone driving a morris minor

good in their day but past it - slap the dns server on and let your dhcp dish it out - nice quick easy and it means modify in one place and thats it - no nasty files on pc's that cause probs and need to be updated etc

the dns server can be setup in minutes - it's that easy

 

[Syckjason]

We want to use it for site blocking, we already hand out DHCP. We have been having problems with people installing MSN Messenger among other things.

 

[marvhuffaker]

Why can't you use DNS for site blocking just like what you're talking about with the hosts file?

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[LawnBoy]

The HOSTS file is nothing more than a text file, you can move and copy it at will.

 

[itsp1965]

Not exactly LawnBoy, they will not be able to copy the HOSTS file to the SYSTEM32 dir (NT/2000/XP) unless they have admin rights to their machine. If they have this right on their local machines then you can copy the file from a login script easily

 

[LawnBoy]

You are correct, my mistake.