diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1a751caa95..12ed48f51d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+1042.	[bug]		The "config" logging category did not work properly.
+			[RT #1873]
+
 1041.	[bug]		Dig/host/nslookup could catch an assertion failure
 			on SIGINT due to an uninitialized variable. [RT #1867]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/logconf.c b/bin/named/logconf.c
index 79ed5638be..e2de9d2d2d 100644
--- a/bin/named/logconf.c
+++ b/bin/named/logconf.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: logconf.c,v 1.32 2001/09/27 20:54:27 gson Exp $ */
+/* $Id: logconf.c,v 1.33 2001/10/11 01:16:15 gson Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ category_fromconf(cfg_obj_t *ccat, isc_logconfig_t *lctx) {
 		result = isc_log_usechannel(lctx, channelname, category,
 					    module);
 		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
-			isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, DNS_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG,
+			isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, CFG_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG,
 				      NS_LOGMODULE_SERVER, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				      "logging channel '%s': %s", channelname,
 				      isc_result_totext(result));
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ channel_fromconf(cfg_obj_t *channel, isc_logconfig_t *lctx) {
 		 */
 		result = isc_stdio_open(dest.file.name, "a", &fp);
 		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
-			isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, DNS_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG,
+			isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, CFG_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG,
 				      NS_LOGMODULE_SERVER, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				      "logging channel '%s' file '%s': %s",
 				      channelname, dest.file.name,
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
index 6a0598657b..e08ad9b4f9 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: log.h,v 1.30 2001/08/27 03:36:00 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: log.h,v 1.31 2001/10/11 01:16:18 gson Exp $ */
 
 /* Principal Authors: DCL */
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA extern isc_logmodule_t dns_modules[];
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_NOTIFY		(&dns_categories[0])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_DATABASE	(&dns_categories[1])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_SECURITY	(&dns_categories[2])
-#define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG		(&dns_categories[3])
+/* DNS_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG superseded by CFG_LOGCATEGORY_CONFIG */
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_DNSSEC		(&dns_categories[4])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_RESOLVER	(&dns_categories[5])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_XFER_IN		(&dns_categories[6])
diff --git a/lib/dns/log.c b/lib/dns/log.c
index 8b95316a6a..e738e53216 100644
--- a/lib/dns/log.c
+++ b/lib/dns/log.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: log.c,v 1.33 2001/08/27 03:35:58 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: log.c,v 1.34 2001/10/11 01:16:17 gson Exp $ */
 
 /* Principal Authors: DCL */
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA isc_logcategory_t dns_categories[] = {
 	{ "notify", 	0 },
 	{ "database", 	0 },
 	{ "security", 	0 },
-	{ "config",	0 },
+	{ "_placeholder", 0 },
 	{ "dnssec",	0 },
 	{ "resolver",	0 },
 	{ "xfer-in",	0 },