bind 9.10..0-P1 rndc: 'retransfer' failed: not found; other rndc commands are ok

[Mark Andrews]

In message <1400811069.27931.120616781.4720CA00 at webmail.messagingengine.com>, g
rantksupport at operamail.com writes:
> I have bind 9.10.0-P1 installed, and running in a chroot.
> 
> which named
> 	/usr/local/bind9/sbin/named
> which rndc
> 	/usr/local/bind9/sbin/rndc
> 
> named -v
> 	BIND 9.10.0-P1
> 
> ps ax | grep named
> 	7110 ?        Ssl    0:18 /usr/local/bind9/sbin/named -t
> 	/var/chroot/named -n 4 -S 1024 -u named -c /etc/named.conf -d 90
> 
> /usr/local/bind9/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/chroot/named
> /etc/named.conf
> 	(empty)
> 
> 
> All lookups are working.  Transfers to slaves work as expected when I
> increment zone serials and restart the server.  But when I try to
> initiate a retransfer using rndc, the 'retransfer' command isn't found:

No it isn't.  It is saying the zone isn't found.  "unknown command" is 
returned for unknown commands.

	rndc: 'xxxxx' failed: unknown command

Mark


> rndc status
> 	version: 9.10.0-P1 (not disclosed) <id:e94d8db1>
> 	boot time: Fri, 23 May 2014 01:10:39 GMT
> 	last configured: Fri, 23 May 2014 01:48:35 GMT
> 	CPUs found: 4
> 	worker threads: 4
> 	UDP listeners per interface: 2
> 	number of zones: 235
> 	debug level: 90
> 	xfers running: 0
> 	xfers deferred: 0
> 	soa queries in progress: 0
> 	query logging is ON
> 	recursive clients: 0/0/1000
> 	tcp clients: 0/100
> 	server is up and running
> 
> rndc -V reload my.localzone.net in external
> 	create memory context
> 	create socket manager
> 	create task manager
> 	create task
> 	create logging context
> 	setting log tag
> 	creating log channel
> 	enabling log channel
> 	create parser
> 	get default key
> 	get config key list
> 	decode base64 secret
> 	reload
> 	post event
> 	using server 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1#953)
> 	create socket
> 	bind socket
> 	connect
> 	create message
> 	render message
> 	schedule recv
> 	send message
> 	parse message
> 	create message
> 	render message
> 	schedule recv
> 	send message
> 	parse message
> 	zone reload up-to-date
> 
> rndc -V retransfer my.localzone.net in external
> 	create memory context
> 	create socket manager
> 	create task manager
> 	create task
> 	create logging context
> 	setting log tag
> 	creating log channel
> 	enabling log channel
> 	create parser
> 	get default key
> 	get config key list
> 	decode base64 secret
> 	retransfer
> 	post event
> 	using server 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1#953)
> 	create socket
> 	bind socket
> 	connect
> 	create message
> 	render message
> 	schedule recv
> 	send message
> 	parse message
> 	create message
> 	render message
> 	schedule recv
> 	send message
> 	parse message
> 	rndc: 'retransfer' failed: not found
> 
> I've looked around online, and 'retransfer' seems to still be a valid
> command.
> 
> What's wrong with my usage of retransfer?
> 
> Grant
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