From: John R. Dennison Sent: November 25, 2009 16:31 > > Hmm, perhaps... But a quick perusal of "man rndc" would > have shown that there is no "start" command and the phrasing > "communicates with the nameserver over a TCP connection. would > have been a clue that the nameserver needed to be running :) True but in my feeble defence I was following someone else's example procedures (and following them blindly it would seem). I would think that my suggested change, while not strictly required, would result in improved usability of the software. Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com