Mark A. Schwenk wrote: > > For example copying /etc/named.conf to /etc/named.conf.bak before > modifying it and then afterward discovering that /etc/named.conf and > /etc/named.conf.bak are now both symbolic links to the same changed copy > of the real file in /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf. Which filesystem are you using? Ext3: # echo foobar > 1 # ln -s 1 2 # cp 2 3 # ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 jacksonm users 7 Jul 17 22:17 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 jacksonm users 10 Jul 17 22:18 2 -> 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 jacksonm users 7 Jul 17 22:18 3 BR, -- mike