Re: DNS problem

I am struck by something Blessing said, "Now when I start named I get
the following message from /var/log/messages"

Note, Blessing, that you must RESTART, "/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart",
because bind comes up running. That is why the pid is in use.

{^_^}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LULANI Olsi" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:16 AM
Subject: RE: DNS problem


> Check the startup script because the bind daemon is started wit certain
> options that seem to have something wrong. Ususally bind is specified with
> user/group   named/named. The startup scripts are run with root
priviledges
> so it is highly likely that this is the cause of the inability to write in
> /var/run.
> Also your config file is missing an include line that includes a key for
the
> rndc control channel.
> Also check for the existence of rndc.conf in the /etc directory. The
daemon
> has not found any say ethernet interface, so it is listening only in the
> loopback that is always available.
> So get a ready made named.conf file and modify only the zone parts. Do not
> modify the rest. For more details read the bind 9 manual at www.isc.org.
>
> Sincerely
> Mr. Olsi Lulani
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blessing Kamutande [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:48 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DNS problem
>
> Hie All
> I am trying to setup a DNS server on my local intranet and I'm trying to
> configure a DNS server using BIND 9.1.* also I have installed bind-utils
and
> caching-nameserver.
> Now when I start named I get the following message from /var/log/messages