There is way too much misinformation here. named probes the kernel to work out if it supports IPv6 or not. named -4 turns off IPv6 so there is no need to disable it at compile time. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka at isc.org