RedHat users (slightly OT)

[Henri J. Schlereth]

Problem: named not running after upgrade to RH 6.x --> 6.2

Slightly off-topic but since I know at least one reason for
this behavior, I thought I would provide an answer.

Generally if you find that named is not running under 6.2
it is very likely because the initscripts were defaulted
to off (used to be on) for "security" purposes.
What to do?

as root:

chkconfig --list named

find what level you are in (most people are either in 3 or
6 if booting up to GUI.

chkconfig --level 3 named on

Then start named.