> If it's SELinux related, have a look at /var/log/audit/audit.log, that > will tell you what is being blocked in SELinux. That would be a good > start. Let us know what you found there, then we might be able to help > you a little more. That's a huge help -- didn't occur to me to look in audit.log -- that said, I'm not entirely sure what SELinux is doing here (other than denying the connection). Or, to be more accurate, I don't understand why it's denying the connection, therefore don't know how to make it behave... type=AVC msg=audit(1215740151.446:796): avc: denied { name_bind } for pid=21081 comm="named" src=16660 scontext=root:system_r:named_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:port_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1215740151.446:796): arch=c000003e syscall=49 success=no exit=-13 a0=1f a1=43c8ed40 a2=1c a3=43c8eb3c items=0 ppid=1 pid=21081 auid=0 uid=25 gid=25 euid=25 suid=25 fsuid=25 egid=25 sgid=25 fsgid=25 tty=(none) ses=60 comm="named" exe="/usr/sbin/named" subj=root:system_r:named_t:s0 key=(null) Ideas & thoughts welcome... Thanks, M