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

In article <3193ABDF.622E@eds.com> msmcl301.gmoye01@eds.com "Greg Moye" writes: > 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..... > Yes it is!! It is not explicitly in the Informix I Net install script, but is needed for version 5. Why ? Ithink it is because the return of data opens up its own ftp process and uses the client host name to do it, not the IP address. It took Informix 10 days to tell us this, with the threat to charge 1000 for a support contract. -- Martin How Buonacorsi Consulting Limited > 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 >