differences between "ndc /status" and syslog message

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "K" == K Ikeda <k-ikeda at ka2.so-net.ne.jp> writes:

    K>  I'm setting up my domain, and using bind-8.2.1 on RedHat
    K> Linux.  But domain name query does not work corectly. I check
    K> named status using "ndc" command. It says "server IS NOT
    K> loading its configuration file".  But I check syslog output, it
    K> says "named[xxx]: Ready to answer queries" and no error
    K> reported.I wrote configuration file(perhaps correctly) and put
    K> those default directory(/etc/named.conf , /var/named/*).

    K> What is happned?. 

Nothing unusual is happening. The server is running normally. The
status message is confusing. It means the server isn't reading
named.conf and loading zone files. I wish that status message was
changed to "server is up and running normally".