bind 9.10..0-P1 rndc: 'retransfer' failed: not found; other rndc commands are ok

grantksupport at operamail.com grantksupport at operamail.com
Fri May 23 02:11:09 UTC 2014


I have bind 9.10.0-P1 installed, and running in a chroot.

which named
	/usr/local/bind9/sbin/named
which rndc
	/usr/local/bind9/sbin/rndc

named -v
	BIND 9.10.0-P1

ps ax | grep named
	7110 ?        Ssl    0:18 /usr/local/bind9/sbin/named -t
	/var/chroot/named -n 4 -S 1024 -u named -c /etc/named.conf -d 90

/usr/local/bind9/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/chroot/named
/etc/named.conf
	(empty)


All lookups are working.  Transfers to slaves work as expected when I
increment zone serials and restart the server.  But when I try to
initiate a retransfer using rndc, the 'retransfer' command isn't found:

rndc status
	version: 9.10.0-P1 (not disclosed) <id:e94d8db1>
	boot time: Fri, 23 May 2014 01:10:39 GMT
	last configured: Fri, 23 May 2014 01:48:35 GMT
	CPUs found: 4
	worker threads: 4
	UDP listeners per interface: 2
	number of zones: 235
	debug level: 90
	xfers running: 0
	xfers deferred: 0
	soa queries in progress: 0
	query logging is ON
	recursive clients: 0/0/1000
	tcp clients: 0/100
	server is up and running

rndc -V reload my.localzone.net in external
	create memory context
	create socket manager
	create task manager
	create task
	create logging context
	setting log tag
	creating log channel
	enabling log channel
	create parser
	get default key
	get config key list
	decode base64 secret
	reload
	post event
	using server 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1#953)
	create socket
	bind socket
	connect
	create message
	render message
	schedule recv
	send message
	parse message
	create message
	render message
	schedule recv
	send message
	parse message
	zone reload up-to-date

rndc -V retransfer my.localzone.net in external
	create memory context
	create socket manager
	create task manager
	create task
	create logging context
	setting log tag
	creating log channel
	enabling log channel
	create parser
	get default key
	get config key list
	decode base64 secret
	retransfer
	post event
	using server 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1#953)
	create socket
	bind socket
	connect
	create message
	render message
	schedule recv
	send message
	parse message
	create message
	render message
	schedule recv
	send message
	parse message
	rndc: 'retransfer' failed: not found

I've looked around online, and 'retransfer' seems to still be a valid
command.

What's wrong with my usage of retransfer?

Grant


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