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On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 eddiev@andromeda.rutgers.edu wrote:

[..]

> how do i setup my server as a dns server a "fake dns server of
> course" ... although i only have the 2-machines running and
> connected together, so that my win95 pc's web browser finds my
> http server when i point it to it's name?

You don't need to ;-). Simply edit, in your win95 box, the file
c:\windows\hosts (yes, exactly as /etc/hosts in Unices...)

Marco Molteni
Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy.
UNIX _is_ user friendly.  It's just selective about who its friends are.