You might try looking in your 10.13 /etc/services file. On 10.12, there is the DNS server listening on port 53:
domain 53/udp # Domain Name Server domain 53/tcp # Domain Name Server ...but nothing at port 953. -Carl > On Feb 22, 2018, at 7:03 PM, @lbutlr <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > > has anyone tried to run Bind under macOS 10.13. Since I have a fixed IP at > home I wanted to setup a slave DNS for my servers, but when I try to start > bind I get > > # rndc reload > rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refused > > There's no bind/named process running. Does macOS have a default caching DNS > listening on ports 53/953? > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk