Pushing Hosts file via Group Policy

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
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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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> 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
>
> --
> Dilbert's words of wisdom #19: Am I getting smart with you? How would
> you know?
>
> EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> ASP.NET AJAX Automatically Saving Web Form Data
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...omaticall.aspx


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

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 …