hi I have defined search localhost in /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/resolv.conf search localhost i did not define any nameserver ip address in this file i have given the gw ip from where the internet can be reached no dns is running in gateway. no dns service is running on the PC no bind packages are installed on pc but still if i ping to some domain like ping www.google.com it resolves and displayes icmp replies. i dont know from where this name resolution is taking place please help on this what happens exactly. Regards, Gopinath M Signal Networks Pvt. Ltd. Smile... it increases your face value! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080509/7118ec06/attachment-0004.html>