Bind 9.1 on Slackware 7

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:55:44AM +1100, Nathan Chan wrote:
> 
> G'Day All,
> 
> I have just upgraded my slackware box from 8.2.2p5 to 9.1.0.  
> Upon modifying the prefixes (heavily) in the configure string, it 
> installed.  I've modified a bunch of things in the zone files including 
> the TTL's to get rid of any errors and it starts (all zones load no 
> prob's and named is working), but i keep getting the following when 
> i ndc start or restart etc. :
> 
> # ndc restart
> ndc: error: name server was not running (warning only)
> ndc: error: name server has not started (yet?)
> 
> but it is actually running.....any ideas ?
> 
> Also, anybody be able to tell me how to stop it dns'ing on every ip 
> address on the box ?
> 
> Newbie questions i know, but i'm fairly new to this...
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Nathan

You need to use 'rndc' instead of 'ndc'.

You need to set up "rndc.conf", q.v.  And a control channel in
named.conf.

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