I have installed dictd(locally) on my Fedora 2 box.
My /etc/dict.conf ( and /root/.dictrc) file has only one line:

server localhost

My /etc/dictd.conf is as follows:

access {
allow localhost
}

database jargon { data "/usr/share/dict/jargon.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/jargon.index" }
database foldoc { data "/usr/share/dict/foldoc.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/foldoc.index" }
database elements { data "/usr/share/dict/elements.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/elements.index" }
database easton { data "/usr/share/dict/easton.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/easton.index" }
database hitchcock { data "/usr/share/dict/hitchcock.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/hitchcock.index" }
database world95 { data "/usr/share/dict/world95.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/world95.index" }
database web1913 { data "/usr/share/dict/web1913.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/web1913.index" }
database wn { data "/usr/share/dict/wn.dict.dz"
index "/usr/share/dict/wn.index" }

The problem is, each time I run dict, for example:

# dict -v water

I get the following message:

Trying /root/.dictrc...
Configuration file:
server localhost
Trying localhost (127.0.0.1)
Can't connect to localhost .2628


It , however, further connects via the internet without any problems.
What am I missing.
Please help.

Maurice Poor.