Am Fr, den 11.06.2004 schrieb Nina Pham um 20:50: > hi, I tried to ping to yahoo, but it failed with error : unknown host > yahoo.com. I think I didn't enable DNS. check the file /etc/resolv.conf . It should contain a line which start with the word nameserver, followed by an IP adress. > But when I restart "named", it > doesn't report any thing. Any idea? named is the *server* process, i.e. if you would like to run your own nameserver. If you don't have to manage your own network you will not need it. Peter