That has done the trick:
controls {
unix "/var/run/ndc" perm 0600 owner useridnum group 0;
};
Thank you again for your help. I hope others have benefited from this
dialog.
Dickon...
> Yes it is configurable in named.conf
>
> http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/config/controls.html
>
> Dave
>
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