Thanks for the correction/update, Alan. It's been too long since I worked with my beloved VM.
-mark > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:04 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: ETC HOSTS question > > On Wednesday, 03/19/2008 at 01:28 EDT, Mark Vitale > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > That hasn't been true for quite a while, Mark. z/VM 5.1 > introduced ETC HOSTS. It does not require use of MAKESITE; > the *INFO files are used only if no ETC HOSTS is available. > ("Death to *INFO files! Death, I say!") > > Thomas said: > > 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? > > Recycling of the stack is not required. Just put the updated > ETC HOSTS on the 592 disk and recycle the *application* > server (to get it to re-access the 592). The file is read by > the resolver, not the stack. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott > >
