to hand-generate key do : rndc-confgen -a -b 128 -t /var/named/chroot -r keyboard if you are in a chroot env, or simply *rndc-confgen* *-a *to allow *rndc* to be used with no manual configuration. or even simpler, to print a sample *rndc.conf* file and corresponding *controls* and *key* statements to be manually inserted into *named.conf*, run *rndc-confgen*
but please backup before, just in case ! bye, Massimiliano Fantuzzi On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Philip Kerkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I'm playing with bind attempting to set up a DNS server. Found a nice > how- to that walks through step by step. > > Only problem is when I attempt to stop bind9, I get the following > message: > > Stopping domain name service...: bindrndc: connection to remote host > closed > This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of > the command protocol, this host is not authorized to connect, or the key > is invalid. > failed! > > I'm setting this up on a vmware console running Etch purely for > education purposes. In other words I have no idea what I am doing - just > following instructions. > > Incidentally, the instructions I am following are at the following > address: > http://linux.justinhartman.com/DNS_installation_and_setup_using_BIND9 > > Thanks in advance. > - > Regards > > Phil > > I Like to take on my problems one at a time, > but, they refuse to line up > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Massimiliano Fantuzzi, IT Professionist & System Builder www.fantuz.net // [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
