-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 23 November 2001 09:34 am, Mike Burger wrote: > I've searched the man pages (such as they are), but I can't seem to > find an answer. > > Just how do I enable BIND/named to listen on port 953, so as to accept > rndc commands (such as reload)? > > running "rndc reload" gets me "rndc: connect: connection refused" > > and nmap shows me that the system isn't even listening on port 953. > > Thanks.
This took me a little bit to figure out as well. :) The details can be found in: /usr/share/doc/bind-9.1.0/arm/Bv9ARM.ch03.html (section 3.4.1.2. Administrative Tools) Short version: In the file /etc/named.conf: controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys {"key"; }; }; key "key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "Yoursecretkeyhere"; }; In /etc/rndc.conf: server localhost { key "key"; }; key "key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "Yoursecretkeyherealso"; Hope that helps, - -D - -- pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7/mQ0eMAUbzJhSVcRAvzMAKC9OBD3o1NiAhVcg01BajoMFniOBgCePnGD nsFNJ8gYperfIpDFuQbT+dk= =W1R1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list