Bob did a trace on it, and found it fails at: if (!(hp=gethostbyaddr((char*) in,sizeof(*in), AF_INET))) So it's logical that it'd work by adding it to /etc/hosts. I think I'll try building glibc 3 out of Rawhide, and see if that resolves the issue. *inserts mandantory "I wish we were running Debian" line* -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500