ODBC problems resolved (sorta)

Sorry people, I feel like such a user, the manual on the sqlhosts file indicates that the service binds to the hostname specified... fine. bright spark here was binding to a hostname which just happened to reference localhost. erp. Not too clever. Now I can connect but get -956, the manuals say check the .rhosts and hosts.equiv... *sigh* My two least fav files. Anyways, thanks for the help, the guys who pointed me in the /etc/hosts file were spot on. brett