Tim: >> (e.g. add a new host to a zone record, without having to restart the >> server manually, or fire up some convoluted configuration GUI). David Mackintosh: > ...wouldn't nsupdate be more appropriate for this task? Most likely. I can't recall if I came across it before. It's been quite some time since I'd wanted to do something like that. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.