If you're running named as non-root (and you should be),
then you'll need to make sure it has write access to it's PID file.
> Subject: problem with ndc and named
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 14:34:05 +0800
> From: Chris Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi all.
>
> when I start named via "ndc start" ndc returns the error:
> ndc: error: name server has not started (yet?)
>
> a ps will show that named is indeed running.
>
> further calls to ndc will fail now giving the error message:
> ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): Connection refused
> ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/var/run/ndc)
>
> nb: /var/run/ndc does not exist.
>
> any ideas what is going wrong?
>
> TIA,
> Chris.
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.