Now it half works: nimrodel:~ # host ns1.musicreports.com. 80.58.61.254 Using domain server: Name: 80.58.61.254 Address: 80.58.61.254#53 Aliases: ns1.musicreports.com has address 207.47.100.61 Host ns1.musicreports.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) nimrodel:~ # host ns1.musicreports.com. ns1.musicreports.com has address 207.47.100.61 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I think found the problem (sort of). Using Yast would insert '$ORIGIN .' at the top of the zone file and checkzone would show errors of 'ignoring out-of-zone data' for all of the names. Removing '$ORIGIN .' resolved the problem. At least on the primary server. Interestingly, when I run rndc on the secondary server to transfer over the zone, the '$ORIGIN .' line is in the file, however checkzone does not show any errors on the secondary server. How odd. Anyhow, all of your input was very helpful. It as available to the public for queries. Many thanks and best regards, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org