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CW Holeman II
Asked: 2012-01-22 12:01:03 +0800 CST

Where is the host file located on OpenVMS systems?

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Hosts (file) entry on Wikipedia has a table listing the location name of the hosts file (which maps hostnames to IP addresses) on various systems. Where is this info stored on OpenVMS systems?

openvms hosts-file

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    OpenVMS doesn't use a hosts file that can be directly edited. You have to use either the TCPIP or UCX (for pre v5 tcpip services) commands e.g.

    $TCPIP
tcpip> SET HOST test.example.com /address=10.0.0.100
tcpip> SET HOST test.example.com /alias=somealian

    Would create a host entry for a host called test.example.com with address 10.0.0.100 and an alias of somealias. As with most things OpenVMS the command's internal help is excellent.

    It looks like the file that contains the actual entries is pointed to by the logical name TCPIP$HOST.

    The Documentation can be found online here.

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