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From: Ken Ebling <ken@idealinter.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:54:05 -0400
To: Alan Curtis <alan.curtis@gmail.com>
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On Jul 3, 2005, at 6:23 PM, Alan Curtis wrote:
>
> I do need some clear instructions. I tried djbdns without success  
> (see another post) and also the instructions under 'Domain Name  
> System (DNS)' in the FreeBSD Handbook.
>
> I added named_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Used the default  
> configuration file without any zone (as suggested in the Handbook).  
> There is no 'ndc' on my machine. I assume I must use 'rndc'  
> instead. Ran 'rndc start' and was told
>
> rndc: connect failed: connection refused
>
> Saw nothing in /var/log/messages or /var/log/console.log
>
> Alan

On FreeBSD 5.x, I use "/etc/rc.d/named {start | stop | restart}" for  
controlling BIND.

Ken Ebling