&gt; Yes, don&#39;t use check-names or set it to warn. See chapter 06 of the ARM.<br>

&gt; <br>&gt; Or drop those names (although RFC 2181 allows those in labels, but it<br>
&gt; also makes clear, that not any label must be allowed as a host name).<br><br><br>My Bad!<br><br>I missed a &#39;file not found&#39; error in the output.  Fixed that and named starts.<br><br>Thanks for taking the time to reply...<br>
<br>[slinks off into corner]<br><br><br>