On 01 September 2006 08:37, Schwarz, Konrad wrote: > $ nslookup localhost > Server: mail2.siemens.de > Address: 139.25.208.11 >> Non-authoritative answer: > Name: localhost.ww002.siemens.net > Address: 127.0.0.1 >> $ >> which is weird, I shouldn't have thought that nslookup return a positive > answer at all, and especially not a fully-qualified name. nslookup by default appends the local domain. Use a period to prevent it. Try "nslookup localhost." instead. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/