> $TTL 3600 > @ IN SOA ns.heftyhosting.com. > postmaster.ns.heftyhosting.com. 2001120602 10800 3600 604800 3333 > @ IN A 66.33.80.195 > @ IN A 66.33.81.195 > ftp.heftyhosting.com. IN A 66.33.80.195 > heftyhosting.com. IN MX 10 mail.heftyhosting.com. > heftyhosting.com. IN NS ns.heftyhosting.com. > heftyhosting.com. IN NS ns2.heftyhosting.com. > heftyintro IN CNAME heftyhosting.com. > mail.heftyhosting.com. IN A 66.33.80.195 > www.heftyhosting.com. IN A 66.33.80.195 Try adding: ns.heftyhosting.com IN A 66.33.80.195 You've got the nameserver entries, which are necessary, but you've got nothing to hook 'ns' to an IP address. Disclaimer: I've never setup a DNS server before, this is just what appears to be logical. You should probably look in a DNS HOWTO or something! > when I do 'hostname' I get this: > > [root@ns /]# hostname > ns.heftyhosting.com Right, this is the box's hostname, it has nothing to do with what's in DNS. John -- # John Madden weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 2EB9EA # FreeLists, Free mailing lists for all: //www.freelists.org # UNIX Systems Engineer, Ivy Tech State College: http://www.ivy.tec.in.us # Linux, Apache, Perl and C: All the best things in life are free!