On Tue, September 26, 2006 5:02 pm, Ivan Arteaga wrote:

Hi,

I have installed centos 4.3, it has been working fine but today I couldn't use the dns service. I try to check the named status and got the following :

rndc: Couldn't find server 'localhost': Name or service not known

I will appreciate any help, it is a production box and i have to fix it asap.

Regards,

a google of that error: "rndc: Couldn't find server 'localhost'" returned the following results.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rndc%3A+Couldn%27t+find+server+%27l...

The following post on an HP forum might be a good place to start.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1059550...

however, without any more information that just the error message there isn't much else we can offer you.

On Tue, September 26, 2006 5:02 pm, Ivan Arteaga wrote:

...

Hi,

I have installed centos 4.3, it has been working fine but today I couldn't use the dns service. I try to check the named status and got the following :

rndc: Couldn't find server 'localhost': Name or service not known

I will appreciate any help, it is a production box and i have to fix it asap.

Regards,

a google of that error: "rndc: Couldn't find server 'localhost'" returned the following results.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rndc%3A+Couldn%27t+find+server+%27l...

The following post on an HP forum might be a good place to start.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1059550...

however, without any more information that just the error message there isn't much else we can offer you.

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Ran into the same exact issue - run rndc-confgen and put the key in your named.conf file. You may also need to comment out the caching only config if you are using it. and also the line: include /etc/rndc.key as well when you run rndc-confgen, it will gen a new key and the output will have the syntax and directions to use the new key.

For example: You will put the following in named.conf: key "rndc-key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "YourNewly-genned-rndc-key-here"; };

controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; }; }; restart named after making the changes

I miss the kernel-source rpms, instead of the .src.rpm ones... so much easier to install without having to remember those rpmbuild commands or whatnot. Wonder why kernel-source is no longer available?

Support, or the implication there-of I'd guess. If they provide an easy package to rebuild your own kernel, then there's the implication that you'll help when J. Random (L)user tries and breaks it. With a src.rpm, that expectation deminishes somewhat. I recall a conversation with a RH support person about the calls they'd get demanding support for the 'unsupported' kernel rpm that used to be as well. It too went the way of the dodo.