Controls Statement question

[James Raftery]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:26:08AM -0600, Cinense, Mark wrote:
> Can someone tell me if I do not use a controls statement in my conf file,
> does that mean using ndc remotely on BIND823 will not work.

Yes, that's correct. If you do not use a control statement then no
control socket of any kind will be created which prevents any use of
ndc.

> I do not want to be able to run ndc remotely, only locally.

Then use the control statement to create a UNIX domain control socket on
your local filesystem with appropriate modes to prevent unauthorised
local use.


Regards,
james
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