>>>>> "Jay" == Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> writes: Jay> On September 1, 10:37 pm "Raymond Norton" <admin at lctn.org> Jay> wrote: >> I need to add new entries to my hosts file quite often. How can >> I reload it without a reboot? >> Jay> As was already stated, there is no need to reboot to have it Jay> take effect. But something to consider is why you are making Jay> frequent changes. DNS is a much better solution for changing Jay> hostnames/ips, as most dhcp clients support dns updates (to a Jay> degree). I hope this isn't thread-hijacking, but I have been wondering about reloading hosts files, too, because I run a teeny home network behind my firewall. There are a couple of DHCP-issued changing IP addresses, so I had thought about running a DNS, but it seemed like overkill (and previously people on this list had said it WAS overkill). Is there a very simple way to set up a DNS server that will keep track of a small number of hosts, some of whom get their IP addresses from DHCP, and then just farms out all other queries? I imagine many others on the list have the same kind of setup. I looked briefly at djbdns, as being a micro-DNS server, but it was so off the conventional Linux approaches to file location, daemon running, etc., that I just gave up. Thanks, R _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list