* C.T. Paterson <i [ dot ] adore [ dot ] my [ dot ] 64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> [070713 15:44]: > Can anyone suggest likely causes? Places I could look? Googling > keeps coming back with ways to setup bind. ;> What does your /etc/resolv.conf have in it? When you resolve a bareword, there is usually something appended to it. When you resolve a bareword.something, it's just sending that to DNS server. -Bart -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/