Paul Dorneanu wrote : > why is bind dying on RH9? > actually I can see the processes but not responding > more than that, service named restart doesn't work (when it has died) > I have to kill all process and start it again. > > That is happening on a couple of RH9 systems > anyideea? should I try the latest rawhide version?.... I think there are some known issues with the original RH9 kernel, which are fixed with the errata one. Upgrade your kernel, and don't forget to peek once in a while at /var/log/messages for useful info about eventual bind problems. Matthias -- Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ Red Hat Linux release 8.0.9x (Phoebe) running Linux kernel 2.4.20-1.1976 Load : 1.25 0.58 0.43