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

[Anthony David]

"Jarrett Carver" <solarboyz1 at hotmail.com> writes:

> 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.
> 


Wierd. is there something in the /etc/nscd.conf (Name Server Cache
Daemon?)

Most apps show when you truss them, that they read the nsswitch and
resolv conf files when required and don't cache them.

Regards
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