First of all NODE=10.100.2.9 is not legal, and MYDOMAIN is supposed to contain the space-separated list of all DNS names that the machine is known by in DNS. It is not your corporate root domain. So: NODE=[10.100.2.9] MYDOMAIN=[10.100.2.9] That being said, you really should make a DNS entry somewhere and give this host a name. I realize it's on your Intranet but many sites use an internal DNS. Using the bracketed IP is really only useful for testing purposes. Nathan