Claude Jones wrote: >>rpm -qa|grep bind-chroot > > Forgive me if this sounds dense, but are you saying that the mere presence of > the rpm is an indication that it's running? Or are you saying that the > presence of the rpm in combination with the config files presence in > the /var/named/chroot directory are the indication? Sorry, check 'ps': [root@fc4 ~]# ps auxwww|grep ^named named 1431 0.0 1.3 36456 3456 ? Ssl Aug05 0:43 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/named/chroot If you see the "-t" option, BIND is running chrooted. HTH, -j -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> "If it's not on fire, it's a software problem."