In article <buhc3a$13b9$1 at sf1.isc.org>, I wrote: > into a CNAME pointing to the slave. (This hostname is also the SOA.) This wasn't clear. I decommissioned the master and am now using the former slave (emancipated? :) as the sole nameserver. -- /dev/rob0 - preferred_email=i$((28*28+28))@softhome.net or put "not-spam" or "/dev/rob0" in Subject header to reply