Cannot stop/start new BIND 8.2.1

[Frank Lepera]

marka at isc.org wrote:

> > Folks...
> >
> > I just installed latest release of BIND (8.2.1).
> > Noticed a NEW NDC module among other new modules. When attempting
> > to stop/start the nameservice using the NEW /usr/sbin/ndc module
> > I get the following error...
> >
> > # /usr/sbin/in.ndc stop
> > ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): No such file or directory
> > ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/etc/ndc)
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction regarding this problem?
> >
> > --
> > Frank Lepera                            flep at bnl.gov
> > Network Engineering Section, ITD
> > Brookhaven National Laboratory          [516]344-4183
> >
> >
> >
> >
>         What errors were logged when named started up?

    None! named never started using ndc.

>
>         You are certain that you are running 8.2.1 and not 8.2 or ealier
>         (ndc support was broken on Solaris for 8.2 and earlier versions
>         used signals)?

    Yes! The "src/Version" file in the distribution I downloaded says "8.2.1".

>
>         Can you send all the messages between "named starting" and
>         "ready to answer"?

    "named" doesn't start.

>
>         Are you running named as a user other than root?

    No. Running as root.

>
>         You can still use ndc in signal mode (ndc -s) if you have to.

    Will try this!

>
>
>         Mark
> --
> Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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Frank Lepera                            flep at bnl.gov
Network Engineering Section, ITD
Brookhaven National Laboratory          [516]344-4183