... ciao: on "1-20-2004" "daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" writ: : in order to have /etc/named.conf you must install the caching-nameserver : package. ... that is, i think misleading. by nature of the application, its installation in an overwhelming majority, would be installed as a caching local server. that aside, 'named.conf' looks awfully "necessary", and not dependent on any 'particular' configuration. among other things, i have 'named' installed and running under '/www', and even at that, have an "/etc/named.conf". that seems a default location. is it possible the system is running another bind. 'djbdns' comes immediately to mind as a great alternative to 'named'. i would suggest something like "socklist | fgrep 53" and see what is calling that port ... -- ... i'm a man, but i can change, if i have to , i guess ... - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html