Here is a command line outout for ssh -v [cygnus at localhost ~]$ ssh -v cygnus i18n redhat com OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * ssh: cygnus: Name or service not known Thanks for your help. Hrishi