On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 18:19 -0600, Dave Harman wrote: > Hi > > After configuring Bind, and starting it I found the following > problem : > > There is no problem accessing outside sites, and mail comes into my > domain from outside with no problem. > > But, the bind server cannot see anything inside. > > When I type the command 'host' and a machine in the local network, > I get the reply name lookup failed. > > Personally, I;m not so convinced chroot is superior to non-chroot > and I don't understand why subsequent releases have to be so complicated > > Anyway, does anyone have a idea what I can look at ? Make sure that your chroot is set up properly, and that the configuration files /etc/named.conf and /etc/rndc.key are symlinks to their equivalents in the chroot. # ls -l /etc/named.conf /etc/rndc.* # ls -lR /var/named/chroot Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>