Hi, Thanks for the info, I already googled it and found almost nothing. Btw I changed a few things in my server including generating new rndc key and suddenly the same way the error appeared it gone. Right now it is working fine but I'm still concerned it will happens again. Regards. --Ivan. "Look both ways before crossing the Net" -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] named issue 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+%27local host%27&btnG=Google+Search 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 &admit=-682735245+1159359553423+28353475 however, without any more information that just the error message there isn't much else we can offer you. -- Mark If you've found a wise man then you've found a man that was at one time an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his mistakes. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos