Can not stop named

["Michael Hamam" <mh58 aub edu lb>]

Dear All,

I have installed Redhat 9.0 on a Dell's poweredge server, and installed
Bind 9.2.1. The named daemon startups fine, and I can resolve hostnames,
and IP addresses.
But for some reasons when I issue the following command "service named
stop" it does not stop, and the only way to restart it is to kill the
named PID.
 Note that both commands "service named start, and status" are fine.

What seems to be causing the daemon not to stop.

Best Regards
MH