>> Also in the steps you have taken above you are stopping bind >> via rndc stop and then trying to start it with the unknown >> "start" command. Even if "start" was known it would not work, >> rndc communicated directly with named, and since it was already >> stopped in a previous step there is no way that your "start" >> (or any other command, reload, flush, whatever) could work at >> that point. >> > > That would explain a lot but it would have been more useful if the > rndc command had returned an error saying something like "start > command unknown" rather than accepting the command and indicating > a communication problem. > > So file a bug with the BIND developers about this rather obvious 'bug'.