Can't start named, please help

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Mon Mar 11 21:51:09 UTC 2002


>>>>> "hories1" == hories1  <hories1 at umbc.edu> writes:

    hories1> I'm trying to run bind 9 on a AIX4.3.3. -- named does not
    hories1> start. I see the following debug messages at the end of
    hories1> the named.run file:

    hories1> Mar 11 14:52:17.324 processing control channel 127.0.0.1#953 
    hories1> Mar 11 14:52:17.329 command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
    hories1> Mar 11 14:52:17.330 no source of entropy found

    hories1> AIX does not have /dev/random, so am I supposed to use egd.pl? 

You only need to worry about an entropy source if your name server is
using Secure Dynamic Update. It probably isn't.

The absence of an entropy source is not a fatal error. You probably
have syntax errors in named.conf which is preventing the server from
starting. Check the rest of the name server's logs. And remember that
named-checkconf is your friend.


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