On Tue August 9 2005 11:19 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > Claude Jones wrote: > > [root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# service named restart > > Stopping named: [FAILED] > > Starting named: > > Error in named configuration: > > /etc/named.conf:33: missing ';' before 'zone' > > [FAILED] > > > > That line starts the following: > > > > zone "." IN { > > type hint; > > file "named.ca"; > > }; > > There's nothing wrong with the `zone "." ...' part; the error message > means that you left a semicolon off the end of whatever configuration > element is immediately before that in the named.conf file. > Right you are. }; zone "." IN { The semicolon after the first bracket was missing. I'm back to this: [root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# service named restart Stopping named: [FAILED] Starting named: [ OK ] Can't stop, but start is ok... any ideas? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA