On Tuesday 09 August 2005 11:58 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > rndc seems to be OK. > > Try: > # rndc stop > # echo $? > > Also look in /var/log/messages for any possible reasons why this > shouldn't work (rndc stop should kill named). > > You'll need to start named again of course. [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# rndc stop [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# echo $? 0 [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# service named start Starting named: [ OK ] [root@viewridgeproductions2 ~]# rndc status number of zones: 6 debug level: 0 xfers running: 0 xfers deferred: 0 soa queries in progress: 0 query logging is OFF recursive clients: 0/1000 tcp clients: 0/100 server is up and running I'm not sure what that "echo $?" command is - is that "0" the appropriate response? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA