I did a pkgadd for bind 9.2.2 and configure the named.conf in /usr/local/etc/: options { directory "/var/named"; pid-file "/var/run/named.pid"; }; controls { unix "/var/run/ndc" perm 0600 owner 0 group 0; }; zone "." { type hint; file "root.cache"; }; zone "localhost" { type master; file "localhost"; }; I am getting errors messages in the logs file, when trying to start the named service: Sep 18 01:10:01 pa-dns1 named[28118]: [ID 866145 daemon.notice] starting BIND 9.2.1 Sep 18 01:10:01 pa-dns1 named[28118]: [ID 866145 daemon.warning] /usr/local/etc/named.conf:7: option 'unix' is not implemented Sep 18 01:10:01 pa-dns1 named[28118]: [ID 866145 daemon.error] could not configure root hints from 'root.cache': file not foun d Sep 18 01:10:01 pa-dns1 named[28118]: [ID 866145 daemon.crit] loading configuration: file not found Sep 18 01:10:01 pa-dns1 named[28118]: [ID 866145 daemon.crit] exiting (due to fatal error) I dont know what do? Help please. Moi

Did you copy the files "root.cache" and "localhost" to /var/named? regarding the invalid option, you are probably using an option that is not supported in your version of bind. Notice you say that you installed bind-9.2.2 but the software is reporting it as bind-9.2.1, so your not running the verion you installed. -Darkavich