how to start named deamon

[cloudydy]

hi there
need to know how i shud restar the named demon when i have dome some changes in the IN A records..
also wht does this command do:
/etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart?

[Flatline]

Usually it would be something like

/etc/init.d/named restart

[cloudydy]

i tried /etc/init.d restart it says no such file?

[Flatline]

Looks like you left out the named. Kind of crucial, that It's what you're actually running. /etc/init.d is the directory it's in.

[cloudydy]

i think doing
/etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart shud be similar to startting named demon by other commands...
any idea>??

[Flatline]

You're running Slackware, aren't you? Different style of init scripts from most other distros... Okay, the rc.bind script is there to make the dns daemon start at boot (if you make the script executable). If you're starting the daemon manually, you would usually use the named command.

[cloudydy]

how shud i start the named manually in slackware?
i have done some modification in the IN A records and want to make it update immediately bby manuyally starting named..but dont know how to start it..
hel p please

[Flatline]

It's been a while, but I think it might be

ndc start

[SilentRage]

ndc is for BIND8. The following command is recommended for BIND9:

named -u named

[cloudydy]

its giving me this:
root@tux2:/var# named -u named
named: user 'named' unknown