forgot to mention ... before i get asked; # cat /etc/host.conf order bind,hosts multi on
I also tried order hosts,bind and in /etc/nscd.conf I tried with: enable-cache hosts no instead of 'yes' ... (put it back though). Although all the lan hosts all resolve fine with dig, should the ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: below not be my localhost???? # dig p02 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc4 <<>> p02 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 61404 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;p02. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 8274 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2003111300 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 8 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 01:52:30 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96 -- >> Sabio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

