<snip> > my /etc/nsswitch.conf has > > hosts: files dns > > where I assume files is host files and then it goes to dns?
That is right. For the system you set up, /etc/nsswitch.conf will determine what libaries the system will use in which order in order to (in this example) resolve hostnames. Note that you also should set up /etc/resolv.conf so that dns-lookups work. See code listing 4.7 in gentoo-install[0]. Using your local adress as the first in /etc/resolv.conf will make the system ask the local dns-server before asking the next, etc. Christian [0] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
