Johan Martinez wrote: > I have modified /etc/hosts file with IP address and hostname entries. > However, host command is returning 'Host vhost1.example.com not found: > 3(NXDOMAIN)'. Also, apache is returning error on start as '[error] (EAI > 2)Name or service not known: Could not resolve host name > vhost1.example.com-- ignoring!' . The ssh worked fine and resolved the > hostname correctly (ssh > from same system to itself - just for test). Am I missing something here? > I thought /etc/hosts will be referred for all lookups. Any help?? Does /etc/resolv.conf exist? If so, what does /etc/nsswitch.conf say - files first? mark