[CentOS] rndc start fails with "rndc: connect failed:connection refused"

Thu Nov 26 00:19:49 UTC 2009
Hugh E Cruickshank <hugh at forsoft.com>

From: Arturas Skauronas Sent: November 25, 2009 16:04
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Hugh E Cruickshank 
> <hugh at forsoft.com> wrote:
> > CentOS 4.8, BIND 9.2.4
> > 3. Delete the journal files:
> >   rm *.jnl
> 
> why to do that?
> you can do simple zone update by:
> rndc freeze [zone]
> if you got error like:
> rndc: 'freeze' failed: not found
> try than:
> rndc freeze [zone] in internal
> 
> edit you zone
> rndc unfreeze [zone] [in internal]
> rndc reload

I agree. I have already revised my procedures to reflect the change.
The procedures I had in place were based on someone else's procedures
that were post to a web page. I now suspect that the posting was
rather dated.

Regards, Hugh

-- 
Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com