FreeBSD 3.4-RC bind 8.2.2-P5 bind 139 4.6 16.0 35240 20488 ?? Ss Sun08AM 81:39.97 named -u bind -g bind /etc/named.conf but why is srw------- 1 root wheel 0 Dec 12 08:57 /var/run/ndc= this means that one can not run ndc from cron as bind.bind ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): Permission denied ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/var/run/ndc) randy