[CentOS] Named Troubles

Wed Feb 7 21:29:43 UTC 2007
Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>

On 2/7/07, Matt <lm7812 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did a CentOS 4.4 fresh server install.  Using it to run Squid.
> Named is also running but I get this error.
>
> [root at sj ~]# /etc/init.d/named status
> rndc: 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.
> [root at sj ~]# /etc/init.d/named restart
> Stopping named:                                            [  OK  ]
> Starting named:                                            [  OK  ]
> [root at sj ~]#
>
> All I want it a caching DNS server for Squid and a few hundred
> computers to use.  Is this error going to be an issue?  If so, how do
> I fix it?

Check the key (to include the key name) defined in  /etc/named.conf
and make sure it's the same as the key in /etc/rndc.key. This is a
known update issue with bind on centos and upstream.


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