On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 17:34 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote: > With one very large caveat. > > Be aware that updating bind via yum can result in your existing bind > configuration files being renamed to something.rmpsave and your name > server left in a dysfunctional state. I suggest that you consider > excluding bind from normal updates and only update it when you are > ready and able to check for possible configuration issues. That's true of pretty much every rpm that has config files... it's part of my standard updating routine: yum update updatedb locate rpmsave locate rpmnew fix any config files... restart services and/or reboot if necessary... -I