Hi, If `named' die (through a malformed named.conf or so) the symlink /mnt/.init.d/started/named isn't removed properly. This prevent `named' to be restarted. So the link has to be removed manually or one have to reboot the computer. -- z
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/rc-scripts.html#doc_chap7
# /etc/init.d/named zap Also do: # /etc/init.d/named | less -R And read: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/rc-scripts.html *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7198 ***