Pushing Hosts file via Group Policy

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Did you ever get this figured out. I'm able to delete a hosts file, but not write one out. I don't want to use a batch file, because I only want to write to the file, when we need to. Better yet, I would like to be able to append to it, instead of overwrite it.

Brian



Jef wrote:

Push a HOSTS file via Group Policy
19-Jun-07

Hello all,

I would like to push out a HOSTS file to all clients on our domain using
Group Policy. I was going to write a simple batch file and set it up to be
copied to all machines, much like I had

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:27 PM
Jef wrote:

Push a HOSTS file via Group Policy
Hello all,

I would like to push out a HOSTS file to all clients on our domain using
Group Policy. I was going to write a simple batch file and set it up to be
copied to all machines, much like I had

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:57 PM
Florian Frommherz wrote:

Howdie Jeff!
Howdie Jeff!

Jeff wrote:

You can do that pretty good with a computer startup script. That should
work out for that purpose.

cheers,

Florian
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On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:39 PM
Norbert Fehlauer [MVP] wrote:

Re: Push a HOSTS file via Group Policy
Florian Frommherz wrote:
Hi,


Nobody dare to ask: Hosts-file? ;)

Bye
Norbert

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