yes that entry is there. Tomorow i m thinking to reinstally my red hat 9. may be it works then, although i knw this is nt appreciable rebel --- Pavel Rozenboim <pavelr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Look at file /etc/nsswitch.conf and check if there > is a line saying > something similar to > hosts: files dns > > Pavel. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com