Redhat / Fedora You can use the chkconfig command to get BIND configured to start at boot [root@server]# chkconfig named on To start, stop, and restart BIND after booting, use: [root@server]# /etc/init.d/named start [root@server]# /etc/init.d/named stop [root@server]# /etc/init.d/named restart Remember to restart the BIND process every time you make a change to the configuration file [...]