Make your caching name server the primary DNS server (first on the list in '/etc/resolv.conf') and make sure all local hosts are in '/etc/hosts' (full and unqualified names). If you don't want to use '/etc/hosts' you can just configure named to be authoritative for your hosts (then you could do reverse lookups too). Good luck, Troy >>> Chris Frederick <cdf123 at cdf123.net> 04/13/05 10:00 PM >>> I do run a caching nameserver, is there some way I can rig it that would allow nfs to work when the main dns servers are unreachable?