====== Logging configuration ====== logging{ channel simple_log { file "/var/log/named/bind.log" versions 3 size 5m; severity warning; print-time yes; print-severity yes; print-category yes; }; category default{ simple_log; }; }; logging { category default { default_syslog; default_debug; }; category unmatched { null; }; }; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11153958/how-to-enable-named-bind-dns-full-logging