Take a look at the man page for svc.conf(5). /etc/svc.conf is the ULTRIX V4.0 file that takes the place of svcorder. If you change the hosts=local line to hosts=local,bind then the network services will resolve host table information from DNS. -Shawn Mamros mamros at aiag.enet.dec.com or mamros at cavdog.enet.dec.com