[techtalk] (dumb) Solaris Q

Jen Hamilton jhamilto at n2h2.com
Thu May 17 15:05:32 EST 2001


Does it say anything in the messages files? (on Solaris it's
/var/adm/messages).

Jen

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:

> 
> I know in linux the change is immediate (at least with your resolv.conf),
> I don't see why in Solaris it would be different. The nsswitch bit might
> not be quite as dynamic but I've always been able to change nameservers on
> the fly.
> 
> At 16:54 on May 17, stephanie1200 at netscape.net combined all the right...:
> 
> > > Also, I think you might
> > > have to reboot for it to be re-read, at least, again, on 7 you do.
> > 
> > I don't think this is the case.  I just tried it with 8 and all I did
> > was edit the file, didn't even restart any daemons.  I don't have a 7
> > box to play with, but I'm pretty sure it's the same.  in fact, I'm
> > quite sure the change is immediate...anyone have a play box to confim
> > with?
> 
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