https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670237#M532871 At Torsten suggests, we need to know a great deal more about this error message - is that the complete message? What application is emitting it?<BR /><BR />How a socket read can involve host name resolution is beyond me and suggests the code isn't all that good. Hostnames should have been resolved long before one has started reading from a socket... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:21:32 GMT rick jones 2010-08-05T00:21:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670235#M532869 hp-ux server is failing with socket read failed. Kindly check the <BR />host name resolution.<BR /> <BR /><BR /> How to solve this issue..<BR /><BR /> Thanks in advance. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:08:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670235#M532869 Musa123 2010-08-04T12:08:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670236#M532870 Can you please tell what exactly you do and what message appears where ... ? Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:22:27 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670236#M532870 Torsten. 2010-08-04T12:22:27Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670237#M532871 At Torsten suggests, we need to know a great deal more about this error message - is that the complete message? What application is emitting it?<BR /><BR />How a socket read can involve host name resolution is beyond me and suggests the code isn't all that good. Hostnames should have been resolved long before one has started reading from a socket... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:21:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/socket-read/m-p/4670237#M532871 rick jones 2010-08-05T00:21:32Z