Am Freitag 01 September 2006 09:26 schrieb Andy Green: > Timothy Kesten wrote: > >> /etc/nsswitch.conf > >> > >> say? Is there a line like this floating about in there? > >> > >> hosts: files dns > > > > Yes, there is such line. > > What does > > host localhost [root at main tk]# host localhost localhost has address 127.0.0.1 > say from the commandline? How about > > dig localhost [root at main tk]# dig localhost ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> localhost ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21763 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: localhost. 86400 IN A 127.0.0.1 ;; Query time: 48 msec ;; SERVER: 217.237.151.33#53(217.237.151.33) ;; WHEN: Fri Sep 1 09:33:13 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 43 Timothy