couldn't add command channel ::1#953: address not available

[MJ]

Many thanks Jim,
Actually why I am confused because of the following paragraph from the
"Admin reference manual", would you please shade some light on the last
two lines of this paragraph.

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Running the rndc-confgen program will conveniently create a rndc.conf
file for you, and also display the corresponding controls statement that
you need to add to named.conf. Alternatively, you can run rndc-confgen
-a to set up a rndc.key file and not modify named.conf at all. 
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Thanks,
MJ


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid [mailto:jim at rfc1035.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:20 PM
To: MJ
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: couldn't add command channel ::1#953: address not available


>>>>> "MJ" == MJ  <php at cyberia.net.sa> writes:

    MJ> Hi, Actaully the only packaged BIND version available on
    MJ> sunfreeware.com is 9.2.3,

That's no excuse for running old code.

    MJ> One question, I have seen named.conf of a
    MJ> running name server "without any control statement" and the
    MJ> admin of that server is using rndc, how it is possible?

It isn't. Without a controls{} statement, the name server will not set
up a listener socket for control messages. [How else could the server
know which port and key(s) to use and which client(s) were allowed??]
Therefore there will be nothing for an rndc client to connect to. The
admin may well be using rndc, but it won't be for controlling the
server that has a named.conf file that doesn't have a controls{}
statement.