Hi all. I'm trying to set up my domain (lava-net.com). As far as I know everything is set up correctly, because named starts with no errors...Actually there were a few warnings. They were the following: Feb 4 15:48:32 igueths named[954]: none:0: open: /usr/etc/rndc.key: file not found Feb 4 15:48:32 igueths named[954]: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: What does the one about the command channel mean? Is that rndc related? Also, how do I tell rndc to not look for files in /usr/etc? Also, even when my server is running, and I do a dig on it the only servers that respond are the root servers. And when I tried to put my nameserver in the list of nameservers directnic should use, I got a message that stated that my nameserver wasn't registered. Anyone know what I am missing here? Thanks! P.S.: Here is my current zone file. $TTL 3D @ IN SOA ns.lava-net.com. hostmaster at lava-net.com. (0020780ec930 12H 2H 2D) NS ns.lava-net.com. MX 10 mail.lava-net.com. ns.lava-net.com. IN A 68.37.56.149 mail.lava-net.com. IN A 68.37.56.149 ftp IN A 68.37.56.149 www CNAME ns localhost A 127.0.0.1