Put that in your named.conf *behind* options { ... }. logging { channel "default_syslog" { syslog local6; severity info; }; category default { default_syslog; }; category general { default_syslog; }; category config { default_syslog; }; category security { default_syslog; }; category resolver { default_syslog; }; category xfer-in { default_syslog; }; category xfer-out { default_syslog; }; category notify { default_syslog; }; category client { default_syslog; }; category network { default_syslog; }; category update { default_syslog; }; category queries { default_syslog; }; category lame-servers { default_syslog; }; }; Put this in your syslog.conf: # named local6.* /var/log/named Then do a "service syslogd restart" and a "service named restart". See if that helps you ...