Noah wrote: > > Hi, > > well #2 appears to be a problem - named is not listeningon port 953 > > # netstat -nap | grep 953 > # > > do I need something else in my configuration. here are the relevant > /etc/named.conf lines Noah, Sorry, but I'm running out of ideas on why rndc/named are not communicating at your end. Everything you have done looks correct as far as I can tell. Could be time for you to check the redhat support site for problems related to running bind-9.2.3 on RH-8.0. For reference: I run bind-9.2.3 on FC2 at this end. This is how my version of bind/named starts up. Note the command channel entry. # grep named /var/log/messages Jun 14 09:31:32 excelsior named[1746]: starting BIND 9.2.3 -u named -t /var/named/chroot Jun 14 09:31:32 excelsior named[1746]: using 1 CPU Jun 14 09:31:32 excelsior named[1748]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Jun 14 09:31:32 excelsior named[1748]: no IPv6 interfaces found Jun 14 09:31:32 excelsior named[1748]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Jun 14 09:31:33 excelsior named[1748]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.8.2#53 Jun 14 09:31:33 excelsior named[1748]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 [snip] zones loading Good Luck Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list