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Why aren my entries in /etc/hosts being used for STAF communication (particularly on Linux SLES)?

April 26, 2017communication entries hosts linux particularly sles STAF Used

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Why aren my entries in /etc/hosts being used for STAF communication (particularly on Linux SLES)?

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On Linux, if you are using /etc/hosts to specify hostnames/IPs, and a regular “ping” to the hostname works, but a STAF ping fails with RC 16, it is likely that your /etc/hosts file is not being used. Ensure that your /etc/host.