[Sunhelp] change nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf online

[Jarrett Carver]

Here is the situation. We have recently jumpstarted our systems to Solaris 
7. After they are jumpstarted we rdist a new nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf. 
The problem is that normal services (ping, telnet, etc..) don't pick up the 
change to the nsswitch.conf, and don't resolve the hostname via DNS. I am 
able to do a manual nslookup of hostnames and it works. I usually end up 
rebooting and hostnames resolve fine when the system comes back up.  
However, I would like to avoid rebooting, does anyone know what process need 
to be HUP or stopped and started to re-read the nsswitch.conf.

Any clues are appreciated. Thanks.



Jarrett Carver           http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1
solarboyz1 at hotmail.com   Unix/NT Systems Administrator
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