command channel

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> In article <brd6mp$1vk9$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>  Dankin <dankin at obroa-skai.corellian> wrote:
> 
> > I have a Mandrake 9.2
> > In /var/log/messages. I have this message:
> > srv01 named[3310]: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: not found
> > 
> > What does mean? What is the command channel?
> > Please, excuse my english
> 
> The command channel is used to communicate with the "rndc" program.
> 
> I think the message means that you're running BIND under chroot, and the 
> alternate root doesn't have something like /dev/tcp in it.
> 
> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Woburn, MA

	It means that the command channel has not been setup, either
	explicity or by generating a rndc.key.

	Mark
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