Scott Silva wrote: > Bob Goodwin spake the following on 3/20/2007 3:22 PM: >> I've just installed Centos 4.4 on a computer, replacing FC6, and the >> first thing I find is that DNS does not work no matter what I have in >> /etc/resolv.conf. It should at least work with my ISP's assigned server >> but doesn't. Numerical URL's work via the browser and ping. Is there >> something else I need to attend to? >> >> I hope this is the right list for such questions. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Bob Goodwin > Named isn't started by default, even if you install caching-nameserver. Named doesn't need to be running if your /etc/resolv.conf points elsewhere. Do you have firewalls blocking port 53? 'dig' is usually a reasonable diagnostic tool. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com