On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 00:39 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > If I type getent hosts I see the complete list of > > hosts as it should be but if I try to ping one of the hosts it just > > hangs. > > Check your selinux audit logs. The policy for ping might be too strict. Something that might be worth trying if you think it might be SELinux is: # setsebool allow_ypbind 1 I know LDAP isn't NIS but this enables much of what's needed for LDAP too. Paul.