How to configure Bind 9

[Charles Mallahan Jr.]

I can't get it to stop and start from root.  I just downloaded and installed
webmin, and use the bind 8 box to control bind 9.1.2.

Jim Reid wrote:

> >>>>> "tiong" == tiong hwee tan <tiong.hwee.tan at sg.pwcglobal.com> writes:
>
>     tiong> I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 with bind 9. What is the
>     tiong> command to start and stop the bind service? The command ndc
>     tiong> does not exist.
>
> Please read the documentation. The migration notes make it perfectly
> clear that ndc has been superseded by rndc. I quote from
> doc/misc/migration:
>
>         5. Server Administration Tools
>
>         The "ndc" program has been replaced by "rndc", which is capable of
>         remote operation.  Unlike ndc, rndc requires a configuration file;
>         see the man pages in doc/man/bin/rndc.1 and doc/man/bin/rndc.conf.5 for
>         details.  Some of the ndc commands are still unimplemented in rndc.

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Regards,

Charles Mallahan
mallahan at swbell.net

I hope Jesus was right when he said the meek would inherit the earth;
the stupid have it at the moment.