My named stopped, or died, last night. Thus our dns service stopped. I ran the command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/named status and it returned : named dead but pid file exists It did restart with a start command, however. Any help would be appreciated to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.