Brent L. Bates wrote: > It is not odd. You just refuse to listen to those trying to help. How > many times do they have to say `Check your DNS'? > > Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf and make sure it has a line like this: > > hosts: files dns > > `files' comes FIRST and `dns' LAST. > > The file /etc/resolv.conf should have a line starting with `domain' and > have your domain after it. You should have at least one `nameserver' line. > If you are running `named' on your local system then put `127.0.0.1'. You > can have up to 3 `nameserver' lines. > > Finally, your /etc/hosts file should have a line like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback me > > You should also have lines that correspond with each and every IP address > the system is using. For example: > > 123.12.34.56 myhost.mydomain.com myhost > > List the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) FIRST and then the short > name. > > Use things like `ping' and `nslookup' to make sure DNS is working. If > these take forever, 2 minutes for example, your DNS isn't working and you need > to fix it. > > One last thing, your mail queue shouldn't be any shorter than 15 MINUTES. > If you are sending out the the Internet and it is much shorter, you will > probably end up on someones SPAM list. > > Brent, nsswitch.conf has in it the following: passwd: files shadow: files group: files #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns I do not have any domain line in /etc/hosts just 2 nameservers. /etc/hosts has 127.0.0.1 localhost I do also have the line with the correct IP for the machine. IP address space full machine name short name also. Thanks, jerry