gracecott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I straced /etc/init.d/bind9 start > and i've attached the o/p That doesn't help at all. You're strace'ing the script which starts named, not named itself. Check the log files. -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@xxxxxxxxxx> - : 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