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 am adding annoying pop up sites, etc into my host file and pointing them all to 127.0.0.1. I use dansguardian for filtering, but did not want an access-denied page every one of these sites were directed to the 127 address. _______________________________________________ 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