>>Maybe check that "files" is the first mechanism for hosts lookups in nsswitch.conf.
>afaik dig doesn't follow the same name resolution path as glibc.
I don't know. Is there a way to test the glibc way easily?
> a connection received should mean resolution was done, right ? am i missing something?
>Well, I'm just throwing out something to check, but I meant on the server, not the client. It's trying to resolve
>"localhost"to check the auth. If there's a delay, that's probably where it is.
>I guess I just assumed that's where you were testing dig.
Yes
Regards
Daniel