Phil wrote: > logging{ > channel simple_log { > file "/var/log/named/bind.log" versions 3 size 5m; > severity info; > print-category yes; > print-severity yes; > print-time yes; > }; > category default { > simple_log; > }; > }; > I tried using touch to make the inital file and I have also left the > directory listed above empty. My bind is started as below: starting BIND 9.3.3rc2 -u named -t /var/named/chroot So "/var/log/named/bind.log" in named.conf is /var/named/chroot/var/log/named/bind.log in real path. regards Olaf