On Aug 5 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If we are not using rndc to control BIND 9,
... then you should be. It's easy to set up (see below) and makes life much much easier. I'm amazed by the contortions I see people going to, even here on bind-users, to avoid using rndc. Oh, you were saying? ... > is there any harm NOT >configuring rndc.conf and relevant entry in named.conf? If you don't have a "controls" section in named.conf, then BIND will look for a file /etc/rndc.key (or elsewhere if built with a different sysconfdir setting) and invent a default "controls" based on that. (This is what "rndc-confgen -a" is for: you don't need a rndc.conf at all.) Failing that, it will not set up a controls channel at all. -- Chris Thompson Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
