Push a HOSTS file via Group Policy

[Jeff]

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 done with the DST 2007 update for my
win2k clients. Does anyone see a problem with this or is there a better way
to do it?

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Thanks, Jeff

[Florian Frommherz]

Howdie Jeff!

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

cheers,

Florian
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[Norbert Fehlauer [MVP]]

Florian Frommherz wrote:
Hi,

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

Nobody dare to ask: Hosts-file? ;)

Bye
Norbert

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[briangibb]

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
--
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
blog: http

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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[Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Howdie!

Brian Gibb schrieb:

> 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.

A well engineered script could do that.

Other than that, Group Policy Preferences have a file copy facility as
well as an option to only process a setting once and then not re-enforce
it - appending is not an option as far as I know.

Cheers,
Florian
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Microsoft MVP - Group Policy

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[Ace Fekay [MCT]]

"Brian Gibb" wrote in message news:200910211...@saintjosephri.com...

Not sure why you want to use a hosts file when DNS can do the trick for you.
May I ask why you want to use a hosts file?

Ace

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

Did you ever get this figured out.

As M. Fekay observes, the original poster probably figured out that the domain controller came with a fully fledged DNS server, capable of everything that can be done by having the server push hosts files onto clients, and more besides.  After all, rendering obsolete a system of copying hosts files around is partly why the world gained DNS in the first place …