BIND won't load zone files, yet doesn't report errors

[Danny Mayer]

At 06:55 PM 2/22/02, Jon Merriman wrote:

>For some reason during my reading I never saw named-checkconf or 
>named-checkzone mentioned. Well I ran them and it found some errors, which 
>I corrected. All zone files check out with named-checkzone. The config 
>file didn't show any errors.
>
>However, named still will not load. And yes, by load I mean it will not 
>show up in ps or nmap.
>
>Thanks,
>Jon Merriman

Try running it in the forground using the command
named -g [other params]

It will then output to your screen what's going on and it should help you 
determine
where and why it's exiting.

         Danny