Help needed configuring Bind 9

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Sun Sep 25 23:39:32 UTC 2005


> >
> > Run BINDInstall again and Uninstall it using the Uninstall button. Exit
> > and then come back in. This time when you install, supply a password.
> > This should allow the service to be correctly set up.
> >
> > Danny
> 
> Almost. I had to use a new account name ("named2"), and I had to go to
> services to change ISC Bind from "named" to "named2".
> 
> The uninstaller won't remove the service account if it created it.
> A reinstall will not change the existing null password
> A reinstall will not update which account the service is supposed to use.
> 
> But it is finally installed, working, and maybe this will help any
> other windows users who run into this sort of thing.

	Note it is possible to give the original "named" account
	a password.  I can't remember how I did it at the time
	but I did it.

	Mark
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