Hello , I'm having a problem with bind-9.4.2-3 as well as in bind-9.3.3-10.el5. The sequence that leads to the error is 1) Start up the nameserver. 2) Do nsupdate to change the zone info, In this change the ips of several A records 3) At this point i see that there are .jnl files written with the same name as the zone conf files 4) Stop the nameserver 5) Start the nameserver. At this point i get lots of err messages like May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:67: ignoring out-of-zone data (oaig.testxxx.com) May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:68: ignoring out-of-zone data (obatch.testxxx.com) May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:69: ignoring out-of-zone data (obilling.testxxx.com) May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:70: ignoring out-of-zone data (omail.testxxx.com) May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:71: ignoring out-of-zone data (omaprod.testxxx.com) May 15 17:03:06 isit01 named[14655]: master/testxxx.com:72: ignoring out-of-zone data (osecure.testxxx.com) 6) When i stop the nameserver i see that bind creates another zone file incorporating the changes from the jnl file. But the problem is when i try to start bind, it reads the zone file that it created while it was shutting down, and gives 100s of these messages and doesnt start up :-( Please help, as i seem to hit a deadend :-( while searching for solutions thanks This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.