On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 09:50, rebel indian wrote: > hi friends, > I found on the net that named is for DNS > so when i did > /etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart > it gave me an error something like this: > I am goin correct? I am not sure of what you are trying to do now. If you are trying to get one workstation to have DNS, then you are going about this all wrong. You only need to edit one file, /etc/resolv.conf and add in your dns info from your ISP and that is it. Your domain to search, and a couple or three nameservers, just like the format below.. search isp.domain.com (or use the dns server name) nameserver 1.2.3.4 nameserver 1.2.4.5 THAT IS IT!! YOu do NOT need to start some service if your only setting up a workstation to allow dns use. Now, if you are trying to setup DNS for an internal network or something, that is a whole different issue. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "If you're not part of the solution, be part of the problem!"