Also, I have found that running named, in non-detaching, log to stdout (debug) mode, and then seeing what messages you get when trying various things, can really make this process easier. On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 04:02:59PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > What does the one about the command channel mean? Is that rndc related? > > Yes. Rndc is used to control your nameserver, and that control happens > via 127.0.0.1 port 953 by default. The fact that you are getting these > warnings actually suggests to me that your named isn't running. > > > Also, how do I tell rndc to not look for files in /usr/etc? > > I think that can be done at build time, if at all. Have a look at the > rndc(8) man page. > > > Also, even > > when my server is running, and I do a dig on it the only servers that > > respond are the root servers. And when I tried to put my nameserver in > > the list of nameservers directnic should use, I got a message that > > stated that my nameserver wasn't registered. Anyone know what I am > > missing here? Thanks! > > > > See what I said above, that would really tell me your name server > isn't running. > > Greg > > > > >
