On Mar 20, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Edward Milstein wrote: >> T >> On Mar 20, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>> Ty R. McMichael wrote: >>>> Check your named.conf file for the rndc.key entry. Is the path >>>> correct? >>>> Did you generate one or use the already built one? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> That must be the problem. >>> >>> /etc/resolv.conf has one line - >>> >>> nameserver 12.189.32.61 >>> >>> I don't know how to get the key? >> >> The two files, /etc/rndc.conf and /etc/rndc.key must agree... >> >> The relevant lines are >> >> -> key "rndckey"; >> >> -ed- > Can I just copy/paste between the files to make them the same? The two files need to be the same.. Be aware, this is not your problem of why no dns lookup.. This is only to fix your problem with service named status which uses rndc to communicate with the dns server.. Make sense?? -ed-