Wouter Wijngaards wrote: > Hi Randy, > > When I start with use-syslog: yes, I immediately see > Apr 11 10:39:38 gary unbound: [28655:0] notice: init module 0: validator > in /var/log/messages. > > Could this be due to syslog config? Unbound sets identity "unbound" and > LOG_DAEMON for syslog. as i said, entry is !unbound *.* /var/log/named and /var/log/named is writable by unbound, and by root of course > Unbound logs 'start of service' when it starts. Are you sure it is > running (just something to check)? unbound is running for sure. i can see it in ps and i can resolve names. nothing in /var/log/messages either, btw. randy