The secret for the example and then having secret in the named.conf, rndc.conf and rndc.key I replaced all the 'secrets with the pass and then also replaced all the quoted spots next to it with my output from encode, as soon as I returned it to secret and left the output from the pass and mmencode it fired up.
chown'd the files in /var/named/pz/ to be named.named and restarted it : Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: starting BIND 9.2.0 -u named Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: using 1 CPU Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: the key 'rndc-key' is too short to be secure Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox last message repeated 3 times Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: Jan 23 15:24:56.504general: error: dns_master_load: pz/127.0.0:3: no current owner name Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: Jan 23 15:24:56.507general: error: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file pz/127.0.0: no owner Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: Jan 23 15:24:56.511general: error: dns_master_load: pz/192.168.1:3: no current owner name Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: Jan 23 15:24:56.513general: error: zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file pz/192.168.1: no owner Jan 23 15:24:56 linuxbox named[20466]: Jan 23 15:24:56.514general: info: running It still has the 'no owner' problem and 'no current owner'. Should I be starting named as named or root? This is the command I'm using to start it: /usr/sbin/named -u named #assuming this is starting it as named already.. anyother ideas? -- Bill Day ( a.k.a. BadMan ) 188133 http://counter.li.org #linux-users irc.openprojects.net:6667 Our crystal tears now fall upon the ashes, but from the dust shall grow a spirit, to be in compassion for those who are lost, and one in determination to break those who dare test our resolve to be free... 9/11/01 http://www.daysdomain.com/tribute.html 5:30pm up 175 days, 8:24, 15 users, load average: 0.47, 0.57, 0.63 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.