Cannot stop/start new BIND 8.2.1

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3770E9F5.F41E4661 at bnl.gov>, Frank Lepera  <flep at bnl.gov> wrote:
>    "named" doesn't start.

Since named creates the socket, if it doesn't start then there won't be
one, and the error you got makes sense.

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

If named hasn't started, signal mode should also fail.  How can you send a
message or signal to a process that doesn't exist?

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