To be honest, I have never tried a directory change without the NETCONTROL, so you could be right. Time for an experiment... -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Santucci [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 9:10 AM To: 'John Clogg'; [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: Changing DNS IP Address John Clogg after me: >> Neither of these require any further NETCONTROL usage. > > This is true in the case of the DELMAPPING, but a directory change > should be followed by: > :NETCONTROL UPDATE=NETDIR;NET=<ni name> Really? I've never had to do that after making changes there, and everything works fine. However, I've also never changed the IP address of an existing device in the Network Directory, just added and deleted entries. So maybe that makes a difference. hmmm... Patrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Santucci HPe3000 Systems Administrator Cornerstone Brands, Inc. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *