gethostbyaddr() doesn't work for localhost under W32/9x

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:57:10AM +0200, Ronald Landheer wrote:
> Hello Corinna,
> 
> Just to make sure: I have the latest download of Cygwin (all packages) 
> on a W32/98SE system, all patches M$ applied. I systematically get a 
> "permission denied" when I run the testcase.
> I may have bugs in my brain, but I'm not imagining things (I think). 
> What could cause this?

gethostbyaddr isn't a special Cygwin implementation but just a wrapper
for the original WinSock implementation.  If you don't get a name for
127.0.0.1 it's a problem in your Windows configuration.  Check your DNS
or fix your ${windir}/HOSTS file.

Corinna

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