I've been using this from Scott Klement to return host names in some of our system created utilities.
There is an CLLE version and a RPGLE version.
Uses gethostbyname API
http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/socktut/dns.html
Paul
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I really feel that IBM should bundle nslookup with IBM i and not require you load the DNS Server option. I removed the DNS server option from most lpars because the IBM i version of it will not pass a security audit. But I'd really like the nslookup client command. I opened up a RFE on that and IBM declined it and said there's no way they'll unbundle that from the server.
Rob Berendt
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:17 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
These replies are both accurate.
I would discourage you from putting in any entries not served up by your
IBM i but instead to rely upon a DNS server.
This x100. I've seen more "errors" caused by people adding host table
entries that it's the first thing I look for now with connection problems.
For some reason some shops think they ping google.com from their PC, and
then add a host table entry for it on their IBM i with the IP that is
resolved. No... use DNS! :)
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