Problems testing rndc with BIND 9.1.3
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Thu Aug 9 22:07:59 UTC 2001
> All,
>
> Not sure why but in testing rndc with BIND version 9.1.3 I receive an error
> messages
>
> "named[186]: [ID 295310 daemon.error] /etc/named.conf:4:syntax error near
> allow"
>
> below is the syntax from my named.conf file
>
>
> controls {
> inet * allow { all; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
> key "rndc-key" {
> algorithm hmac-md5;
> secret "Zm9vCg==";
> };
>
> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>
Your syntax is fine here. named-checkconf gave it a clean bill
of health (both the 9.1.x and 9.2.x versions).
I would be using the builtin acl "any" rather than "all".
Also it is better to define a key before you use it. This
is manditory for BIND 8.
Mark
> Thanks
>
> > Vinson Armstead
> >
>
>
>
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