nslookup returns normal output. An strace of dig shows nothing out of the ordinary. ls -l /bin/dig shows: -rwxr-xr-x 1 keith Domain Users 2202141 Mar 18 20:05 /bin/dig -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple