Using Mandrake 7.2. I'm on an internal network, where the hostname assigned to my machine (fictious but the real name is the same length) "keithmachine.internal.company.net" should be 34 chars. long, but there seems to be hitting some sort of internal limit of 31 chars. Thus, the '.net' extension of my hostname is cut off. Hostname reports it as "keithmachine.internal.company". Gnome complains about the hostname when it starts. Is there a way to increase this length so that the full hostname can be expressed? Thanks! ====Keith _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com