On one machine I got some DNS troubles. I start dns, but it is not running without any reasons! Can you please give me a hand? # /etc/rc.d/named stop;/etc/rc.d/named start;/etc/rc.d/named status Shutting down name server bind9 - Warning: named not running ! done Starting name server bind9 done Checking for nameserver bind9 running # ps ax |grep name returns empty # tail /var/log/messages Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2111]: starting BIND 9.1.3 Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2111]: using 1 CPU Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: zone '0.168.192.in-addr.arpa' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: zone 'xxx.com.tw' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: zone 'xxxx.com' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: set maximum open files to -1: permission denied Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, xx.218.36.50#53 Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 192.168.0.254#53 Dec 26 18:03:50 dns /usr/sbin/named[2113]: running One more time in single steps: dns:~ # /etc/rc.d/named stop Shutting down name server bind9 - Warning: named not running ! done dns:~ # /etc/rc.d/named start Starting name server bind9 done dns:~ # /etc/rc.d/named status Checking for nameserver bind9 dead dns:~ # Why? How to track it down? bye Ronald Wiplinger