"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote: > i /thought/ that my hosts.allow was set up correctly, but apparently not. > here it is: > > # cat /etc/hosts.allow > ALL: LOCAL, 192.168.2.6, 192.168.2.2, 209.42.193. > gnu-pop3d: ALL
looks fine to me. the errors are normal, looks like the hostnames you gave the machines are not valid. the system is just telling you that it can't verify who the host claims to be. to eliminate this you really should setup a full DNS on your internal network both forward and reverse -- makes life much easier. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]