> However, could there be something fishy about where it > goes first to resolv host names? I'll check that out. It's possible > that it tries to contact a name server first instead of looking in hosts.
OK... There's obviously a problem here... A "host [IP]" yields the correct result imidiatly. A "host [hostname]" or "host [hostname.domainname] takes a long time and then comes back with answers like "does not exists" and "no record" etc. My host.conf file says order hosts,bind,nis multi off reorder on and my resolv.conf says lookup file domain [mydomain] nameserver [mynameserver] I've tried various settings for both host.conf and resolv.conf, but wihtout any luck. Are there any other configuration files I need to change? - IT
