hi i tried waht u said , but i am getting the error like [root at info-spectrum etc]# named -g -p 53 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.669 starting BIND 9.3.3rc2 -g -p 53 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.669 found 1 CPU, using 1 worker thread 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.673 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.674 /etc/rndc.conf:7: 'options' redefined near 'options' 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.676 loading configuration: already exists 20-Jun-2008 13:31:23.676 exiting (due to fatal error) this is my rndc.conf key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "q0Lj5w9Hp/iuH8+qHgagqg=="; }; options { default-key "rndckey"; default-server 127.0.0.1; default-port 953; }; thank u