This problem started when someone deleted my /etc/krb5.keytab file. I am trying to get the named service working again. I am following the docs: What to do when named with bind-dyndb-ldap cannot start https://docs.pagure.org/bind-dyndb-ldap/BIND9/NamedCannotStart.html 1 Gather logs- A. my system is Rocky 8.7 and does not contain /var/log/messages. Really! I was surprised too and wondering why not. I thought that was a standard log that all EL systems had. B /var/named/data/named.run is a file with zero size. Yes, it's unfortunately empty. 2. >>>Server ldap/srv01(a)EXAMPLE.COM not found in Kerberos database This is not an issue. hostname displays FQDN and /etc/hosts is correctly formatted as shown in the correct line example 3>>>Failed to init credentials or Failed to get initial credentials This is not an issue for /etc/named.keytab, the version of klist and kvno match HOWEVER, /etc/krb5.keytab does not match when running klist and kvno Could this have the same effect? To cause named not to start? Should I continue down the list and also get some more info from setting up the trace export KRB5_TRACE=/tmp/named_krb5.log or fix the issue with /etc/krb5.keytab first? At this point I think I will stop investigating until I get a more clear understanding of my questions. I hope someone can assist. Many thanks in advance!