Have you checked the link to /etc/hosts? If not, try:

:NEWLINK /etc/hosts,HOSTS.NET.SYS

You might also want to check the access permissions on the HOSTS file.

--Jon

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:58:24 -0800, Sohrt, Jeff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We just replaced a drive in the system volume - then installed from our
>CSLT.  Since this occurred FTP does not seem to look up names in the
>Hosts.net.sys file.
>Example:  OPEN myname
>
>Cannot connect to host: myname  (FTPERR 9)
>UNKNOWN NODE.  (SOCKERR 40)
>
>But if we say OPEN #.#.#.#   it will work.
>
>We're on 5.5 so we have both Jinetd and Ftpmon jobs running.  I aborted and
>re-streamed these to no avail.  I also restreamed the JCONFJOB.  Still no
>luck.
>
>Any ideas????
>
>jds