Really two questions. First the zone files that came with SuSE setup have entries that look like this: localhost 1D IN A 127.0.0.1 ^^ What's the 1D for above? I couldn't find that in the DNS and Bind book. Second question: When I change a zone file on my master, it looks like the master notifies the slave. I didn't specify in any of the master config files the name of the slave DNS server, so how does it know who to contact? Does the slave "register" with the master when the slave first starts? mardy named[659]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1038 mardy named[659]: Ready to answer queries. mardy named[659]: Sent NOTIFY for "hank.org IN SOA" (hank.org); 1 NS, 1 A mardy named[659]: approved AXFR from [192.168.0.99].1028 for "hank.org" mardy named[659]: zone transfer (AXFR) of "hank.org" (IN) to [192.168.0.99].1028 mardy kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. mardy named[659]: Received NOTIFY answer from 192.168.0.99 for "hank.org IN SOA" Thanks, Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.org -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/