On Tue August 9 2005 8:13 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > Claude Jones wrote: > > Now, I get the following when I restart named: > > > > [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# service named restart > > Stopping named: [FAILED] > > Starting named: [ OK ] > > [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# > > > > It can't stop the service, but it can start it now... > > Does "rndc status" work? No - if I run it, it just sits there with no messages or any indication of activity - the following appears after a Ctl-c [root@viewridgeproductions2 cj]# rndc status rndc: connect failed: operation canceled > > > This hasn't cured the original problem which started this whole thread, > > but, fixing broken things, even if only partially, is good ;-) > > Do you still have "search com" in /etc/resolv.conf ? > No - I removed that several days ago: [root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# cat resolv.conf nameserver 69.31.31.2 nameserver 64.202.97.2 -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA