Hi
I have been running BIND 8.2.3-REL for awhile, i just decided to upgrade it. the binary "named" is in /usr/sbin/named. in ps -ef it is running as the user named, with /usr/sbin/named -u named

I downloaded bind 9.1.3
went in, ./configure --prefix=/usr
make make install

after that i went to /usr/sbin/named -v and it showed 9.1.3

but when i do /usr/sbin/named -u named it says

[root@core sbin]# /usr/sbin/named -u named
/usr/sbin/named: -u not supported on Linux kernels older than 2.3.99-pre3 when using threads
[root@core sbin]#

I tried just /usr/sbin/named
But it doesnt show up in ps -ef
or open a port
[root@photon sbin]# /usr/sbin/named
[root@photon sbin]# ps -ef | grep named
[root@photon sbin]# telnet localhost 53
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
and i cant resolve any hostnames (resolv.conf has 127.0.0.1) in it

can anyone pelase help

Based on that error message, I would guess you either need to upgrade your kernel or recompile BIND without threads.

nevermind..... sorry guys i got it