Re: /etc/hosts IP address requirement?????

Posted in 1996

Greg Moye — Fri, 10 May 1996 13:49:35 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Greg Moye wrote: > > Is it really true that Informix has the requirement that all client IP > addresses must be in the /etc/hosts table on the server in order to > connect?? > > snip..... This one has a happy ending...simply migrate to version 7. it no longer requires hosts tabe entries (as version 5 did). I've been trying to figure this one out forever. Many thanks to Neal Howard (nerd extraordinaire...) who finally knew the right answer. -- Greg Moye Electronic Data Systems Corp. - Plano TX