Is there any reason why /etc/hosts would be missing the line, 127.0.0.1 localhost? I just spent an hour trying to figure out why I could not connect to postgresql using ``psql -h ...'', finally figuring out that the /etc/hosts file was the problem. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 To say that UNIX is doomed is pretty rabid, OS/2 will certainly play a role, but you don't build a hundred million instructions per second multiprocessor micro and then try to run it on OS/2. I mean, get serious. -- William Zachmann, International Data Corp