On Wed April 4 2007 13:46, Michael Barnes wrote: > I installed CentOS 4 on a new box to use as a DNS server. It is a basic > server install. > > I configured named and it is all up and running fine. It just isn't > listening on Port 53. It also (obviously) does not respond to DNS > requests. Requests from the machine itself are processed just fine, so > the service is working. It just can't be used by other machines. Not > good for a public DNS server. > > I did install and turn on SELinux. Maybe that was a mistake? I've not > worked with SELinux before. There are so many possibilities where does one start? You don't give us much information to go on. I seen the other replies to your question but I didn't see anyone ask about your DNS setup itself. Check your DNS configuration and ensure that others are allowed to make requests to this box. -- Regards Robert Smile... it increases your face value!