> > That probably means one of the following: > > 1. port 53 is being filtered on the ftp host > 2. port 53 is being filtered on the 192.168.1.4 host > 3. there is no name server running on 192.168.1.4 > > Try this and see if name service begins working. > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop > > If that fixes things, then you need to visit your iptables config and > allow DNS queries in/out. > > Hope that helps. > > Hi Chris: Unfortunately, I have already stopped the firewall and DNS is running on 192.168.1.4. I took 192.168.1.4 out of the equation and used all the DNS servers that I have access to.... same result. [root at ftp ~]# iptables -L -v -n Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination [root at ftp ~]#