can't open c:\wiint\system32\dns\etc\named.conf

[Michael Kjorling]

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Do you really mean WIINT? Normally Windows NT (and 2000 A.K.A. NT 5
alike) installs into \WINNT.

Also, it may help if you tell us what version of BIND you are running,
and on what exact platform? I am running a BIND 8.2.4-NT2-REL on a
Windows 2000 server and it works perfectly fine.


Michael Kjörling


On Sep 21 2001 11:16 -0700, Adam (Snowboard) wrote:

> I am a new user to bind and have just installed a new version of
> bind 8.2.4 on winnt server and am getting the error:
>
> can't open c:\wiint\system32\dns\etc\named.conf
>
> when I try to start up the service. The file does exist in the
> directory c:\wiint\system32\dns\etc\ but for some reason the bind
> can't access/open it. I have no idea why this is happening. I have
> looked at the permissions and the file is archive and everyone had
> full control over it. I have tried uninstalling bind and
> reinstalling it and still no luck. Do I have to do anything
> special to BIND after I install it for it to read the file? Or
> should it just read it in the etc directory by default?

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