Just did a fresh install of RH6.1 on a system. Named didn't start automatically, so I started looking around. In all rcx.d directories, it was K45named. Under a RH6.0 install I did on another system, it was S55named in rc3.d, rc4.d and rc5.d. I renamed the files to match my RH6.0 install, and all looks good
It's a change in policy. You can use ntsysv, or chkconfig --level 345 named on to turn it on.
*** Bug 6114 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When upgrading from RH 6.0 to RH 6.1... The next thing I noticed is that my DNS (named) was no longer running. To fix this rename the "K45named" file in rc3.d, rc4.d, and rc5.d to "S55named". And then issue the following command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/named start
*** Bug 6671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** NFS start moved to init 4 from init 3 in RH 5.2 Why all these policy changes? named doesn't even start in RH6.1 unless manual tweaking is done! Yuk!