If I haven't missed anything, it's trivial: mkdir /var/lib/named/ cd /var/lib/named/ mkdir -p var/cache/bind/ chown named:named var/cache/bind/ mkdir etc/ cp /etc/bind/* etc/ And then start named with -u nobody -t /var/lib/named/. Actually, I'm going to use mount --bind to remount /var/cache/bind/ and /etc/bind/ in the jail so everything will be transparent. -- ciao, Marco