Can't start named, please help

[Howard]

I'm using the same /etc/named.conf that works fine in version 8.  I've
run /usr/local/sbin/named-checkconf with no problems.  The "no source
of entropy" message is the last message I get in named.run, that's why
I thought it was a problem. What other logs can I look at?


Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote in message news:<a6j981$ho9 at pub3.rc.vix.com>...
> >>>>> "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.