Tiffany, Our system administrator suggests that you delete "files" from the "hosts" entry in your "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file because there's something goofy about "files". I.e., change hosts: files dns to hosts: dns Please let us know if this works. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BSF-129906 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.