Not sure about ETC HOSTS, but I can answer for HOSTS LOCAL.. You have to run MAKESITE to update HOSTS ADDRINFO and HOSTS SITEINFO, since the clients only read the *INFO files. -mark
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Huegel, Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:08 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: ETC HOSTS question I have a very simple need for Name Services, so I use the ETC HOSTS file. I recently had a change to ETC HOSTS but I can't find a way to get TCP/IP to recognize my change. Is there a way, other that recycling TCPIP, to get the stack to reprocess the ETC HOSTS file? Thanks Tom