Bind 9.6.0p1- Windows - The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

[Danny Mayer]

Chiesa Stefano wrote:
> Hi all.
> Maybe it's not a new issue, but...
> 
> I have a Windows 2003 SP2 with a 9.4.2 release that worked fine for
> years.
> Today I wanted to upgrade my release to 9.6.
> I installed it but when I try to start the service the system says:
> 
> Event Type:	Error
> Event Source:	Service Control Manager
> Event Category:	None
> Event ID:	7000
> Date:		1/8/2009
> Time:		1:45:55 PM
> User:		N/A
> Computer:	S-MI-DNS
> Description:
> The ISC BIND service failed to start due to the following error: 
> The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely
> fashion. 
> 
> No other messages in Event Viewer. I reinstalled the 9.4.2 version and
> everything returned to work...
> Does someone know why (and the solution)?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> Stefano Chiesa

Run named from the command line: named -g
and see what the output looks like. It sounds like a configuration
problem but it's hard to tell.

Danny