Newbie: 'rndc reload' says "connection refused" problem

[Adam Lang]

Actually, I would assume that he is just trying to use rndc, he didn't setup
rndc.conf.

Jean:  lookup the archives and documentation about rndc.  There are a couple
extra steps that you need to do... generate keys, add configure rndc.conf,
etc.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
To: "Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian at hotmail.com>
Cc: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie: 'rndc reload' says "connection refused" problem


> >>>>> "JC" == Jean-Christian Imbeault <jean_christian at hotmail.com> writes:
>
>     JC> I try to get BIND 9.1.2 to reload it's config and zone files
>     JC> by using the rndc reload command but I get a "Connection
>     JC> refused" message on the console.
>
> That means there's nothing for rdnc to connect to. You've not got a
> controls{} statement in named.conf telling the name server to create
> and listen on the control socket that rndc wants to connect to. It also
> means you've not checked the list archives. This question has been
> asked and answered many times.