name server was not running from ndc?
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Tue Mar 21 23:26:32 UTC 2000
Check /var/adm/messages and fix the syntax error reported
in named.conf. Then kill and restart named.
Mark
> I just installed the latest BIND on 3 SPARCstation 5's. They are all
> basically identical, all running Solaris 7, 2GB disks, 128MB of RAM.
> BIND was built with gcc 2.8.1 on all machines.
>
> The first two machines run fine, in particular, using ndc to control the
> daemon works fine.
>
> On the third machine, doing an `ndc start` gets me:
>
> ndc: error: name server has not started (yet?)
>
> but yes the daemon has started. This third machine is a secondary for
> over 100 domains so perhaps it is just slow to load?
>
> trying to an ndc restart gets me:
>
> ndc: error: name server was not running (warning only)
>
> and a second instance of named gets fired up.
>
> Trying to do an ndc reload gets me:
>
> ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): No such file or directory
> ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/usr/local/etc/ndc)
>
> ndc stop gets me:
>
> ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): No such file or directory
> ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/usr/local/etc/ndc)
>
> And indeed there is no /usr/local/etc/ndc. I guess the lack of this file
> is what is causing the commands to fail? But why would the file not be
> created? Is this also becuase the machine is a secondary for so many
> domains and named takes a long time to load?
>
> I'm sure I did not do anything differantly on this third machine but you
> never know I guess. Any ideas?
>
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> UNIX System Administrator|Royal Military College of Canada
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>
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