Upgrade from 9.2.1

[Stefan Puiu]

The rndc problem might be explained by the lack of a rndc.conf file in 
/use/etc/ (not /etc). Also, the key there must match the one in 
named.conf. The logs are your friend, too - check /var/log/messages for 
error messages. That should give you a clue on what's wrong.

Note the behaviour you describe for named is the expected one - it's 
supposed to become a daemon, thus the return to the command prompt. Try 
running it with the -g option to make it run in the foreground (and see 
its output also).

Carl O wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am trying to install bind from source on my debian linux pentium pro. The 
>old version that debian provides, seems to have several security holes in it 
>so I thought I would try building it from the source. Everything seems to 
>.configure and make fine but when i actually try and run named it just goes 
>right back to the command line without any sort of error at all. Needless to 
>say name lookups dont work and the service isnt running. Also whenever I try 
>and run rndc it gives me a " rndc: connect failed: connection refused " 
>message. I never used that program to start named before but i also tried 
>starting it from
>
>' /usr/sbin/named -c /etc/bind/named.conf '
>
>which just goes rigth back to the command prompt, not doing anything.
>Named -v reports the version as 9.3.0 so i think i installed it correctly.
>
>the configure line i used was
>
>' ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/bind --enable-threads '  (i 
>have 2 cpus)
>
>
>any help apreciated in getting this working. I am using my old named.conf 
>from 9.2.1
>
>
>carl
>
>
>
>  
>