problem stopping named
 

can anyone help me. can't stop named
# service named stop
and
# service named status

when I run this command it runs the processing but does not give output and it just hang.

I have installed BIND 9.2.4

can anyone help me what might be the problem.


thanks u all for help, firewall was blocking the port

Which command is it that hangs? Did you press Enter a few times?

well, you could always do ps aux | grep named

Find the PID

then as root, kill -9 PID#

That'll show him who's boss!