/etc/hosts change

[Shankar_6]

hi,

is it required to reboot server after changing /etc/hosts file...?.Assume the following cases

1.No NIS/NFS configured and simple networking
2.NIS/NFS configured

regards
shankar

[Biswajit Tripathy]

I don't see why you need to reboot for modifying
/etc/hosts file even if NIS/NFS is configured. What
exactly you are modifying in /etc/hosts file?

- Biswajit

[Peter Godron]

Shankar,
no reboot required to pick up changes in /etc/hosts.
Please check /etc/nsswitch.conf to ensure /etc/hosts is used first.
Do you have a specific problem which led to your question?

Regards

[Sunil Sharma_1]

No.

[Shankar_6]

hi all,

thanks for all prompt reply.

i dont have any specific issue.I just like to know about it.

regards
shankar