rndc: connect failed: connection refused

[jkmartha]

distro - fedora -2
problem with DNS. details are as follows.........................


[root@sarayu root]# cat /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
directory "/var/named";
/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
// query-source address * port 53;
forwarders {61.1.96.69;};
forward only;
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.local";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "sarayu.com" IN {
type master;
file "sarayu.com.zone";
// allow-update { none; };
};

zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.zone";
// allow-update { none; };
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";


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[root@sarayu root]# cat /var/named/sarayu.com.zone
$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN sarayu.com.
@ 1D IN SOA @ root.sarayu.com. (
42 ; serial (d. adams)
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum

1D IN NS sarayu.com.
1D IN A 192.168.1.5
-----------------------------------------------------------------
[root@sarayu root]# cat /var/named/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.zone
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA sarayu.com. root.sarayu.com. (
1997022700 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS sarayu.com.

5 IN PTR sarayu.com.




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[root@sarayu root]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.5 sarayu.com sarayu.com


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now, when i use the follwoing command,
[root@sarayu root]# service named status
rndc: connect failed: connection refused

[root@sarayu root]# rndc status
rndc: connect failed: connection refused

What may b the problem ?

[adam7979]

try

service named restart

a couple of time with 2 seconds interval then post the result here

[jkmartha]

thanx. it worked. but why it takes time to start up ?

[adam7979]

i tried on my rh8 before where i did "service named start" but later when i did another "service named restart" it said failed to shutdown or something. appearently the initial "service named start" din really start the service.

As a lesson for myself, i always "service named restart" a several times to make sure (or rather to get a feel that) it's "started" smoothly.

good luck.