Questions tagged [rndc]
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Fixing BIND9 rndc error "connection to remote host closed"
I just made some changes to a DNS zone in Webmin and clicked the "Apply Changes" button. I received the error message:
rndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote ...
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Where BIND9 saves its cache?
On Ubuntu 12.04 I installed BIND9 via apt-get install.
I configure the server in a very simple way and it works in name resolution.
Now I'm curious to read (if it's possible) its cache.
Reading the ...
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BIND9 sends notify to slave only with also-notify
I have a problem that has been driving me crazy for three days!
I'm replacing my Authoritative DNS servers with new ones and then I'm resetting all BIND9 configurations again to do a bit more "...
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rndc commands not working
I have been building DNS servers on centos 7 (i inherited the these but need to make changes to repurpose them)
When I run the any rndc command it does not work i.e. when i try rndc reload i get no ...
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Bind on Windows Server 2k8; rndc reload fails for no obvious reason
I'm trying to install Bind 9.9 on Windows Server 2008, but calling "rndc reload" fails with a very strange error message:
PS C:\bind\etc> ..\bin\rndc.exe reload
rndc: error: C:\bind\etc\rndc.conf:...
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rndc: 'reload' failed: not found
I would appreciate help on this. I tried myself, see below.
cp 40.129.98.db 40.234.173.db
nano 40.234.173.db
(modified IP in the file to reflect 173 IP, updated SERIAL)
named-checkzone /var/named/...
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rndc: 'flushtree' failed: unknown command
I'm very new to learning and administering DNS with BIND9 under FreeBSD. I find myself in a unique situation where I'm having an error administering the flushtree command with rndc.
I'm not sure if ...
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Bind master doesn't sync to slave
I got handed an old Bind system at work, and the zones on the master doesn't sync to the slave.
I'm a noob at bind, and could really use the help. I would like all changes made on the MASTER to sync ...
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bind9: rndc freeze: key redefined?
I have this rnd.key file on my system:
key "rndc-key1" {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx==";
};
key "rndc-key2" {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "yyyyyyyyyyy==";
};
...
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Bind get zone transfer status after executing rndc reload <zonename>
I have a script that executes rndc reload <zone_name> in <view_name> on secondary (slave) servers on the zones that are modified. This command returns success if the reload is queued ...
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Bind9 refusing to start
I am experiencing issues getting Bind9 to start.
Output from "tail /var/log/messages":
Aug 15 06:50:30 iceweb kernel: [125973.964184] type=1400 audit(1313409030.779:50):
apparmor="DENIED" ...
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Centos BIND server: Unable to start named daemon
I've installed a fresh Centos server and installed bind and bind-utils to it.
The content of /etc/named.conf is:
# create new
options {
directory "/var/named";
allow-query { localhost; 10.1....
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Unrealistic number of zones in rndc status
I get 102 zones when I do rndc status. My BIND9 server is only authoritative for 1 zone (that's the site that I host on my LAMP server). I'm aware that it could be an extra ten or so zones, due to the ...
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dnssec remove keys from zone
is there a way to remove all dnssec related stuff from a zone on a running bind server?
I configured bind like like here described.
If i use rndc signing -clear all domain.tld nothng happens to the ...
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rndc delzone {zonename} : permission denied
System is:
Debian GNU/Linux 8.2 (jessie)
BIND 9.9.5-9+deb8u3-Debian (Extended Support Version)
named.conf.options:
options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";
key-directory "/etc/bind/keys";
...
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rndc replication slower for ns4
I have 4 dns servers named ns1, ns2, ns3 and ns4. ns1 is the master and the rest are the slaves. I also use rndc to manage the replication. What I found is interesting is that when I make any ...
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BIND 9 : rndc reload has no effect
I'm running a BIND 9.10.2 port on FreeBSD 10 in a jailed configuration, and I'm having a problem that rndc reload does not pick up any (primary master) zone file changes, even though the SOA serial is ...
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RNDC is not reloading my ACL list in Bind, how can I make it reload without losing Cache?
I have two ACL's, one expired, and one authorized. When I make a change to the ACL and try:
rndc reload
and
rndc reconfig
I do not see that the ACL was refreshed. Any ideas?
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bind view clause causes fail
I'm trying to setup views in my bind9 configuration. I use ubuntu 10.04.
When I add
view "general" {
match-clients { any; };
};
I try to reload bind9 and rndc but it fails.
rndc: 'reload' failed:...
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BIND9 , restrict RNDC controls to specific views
I have a BIND9 installation where the zones are partitioned in different views.
I'd like to restrict the RNDC controls to this specific views.
Example: I want a RNDC client to be allowed to delete ...
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Do I have to secure bind.keys for BIND 9?
just realized after installing bind-9.9.4-P2, there is a ./etc/bind.keys file already installed. I have looked at their explanation here but have no clue what this is for still.
Can someone please ...
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DNS on Redhat - rdnc: no server specified and no default
The error as shown in the 2 pictures below:
The configurations for named.conf and the zones files as shown below:
Update 1: This is the result after applying the suggestions from "alveso".
The ...
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BIND/RNDC - Why do my subzones work and my actual zone doesn't?
Here is my named.conf:
view "external"
{
match-clients { any; };
match-destinations { any; };
recursion no;
allow-query-cache { none; };
...
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Shouldn't rndc reload invalidate the cache of that domain?
I've got a nameserver that I updated a zone file on, incremented the serial, and ran rndc reload. I then verified that named saw it in the log, and it did, without errors. But when I run dig domain....
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Is it possible to make rndc always validate on reload?
I've noticed that on some occasions, when I run rndc reload foobar.com, it'll validate the domain -- it'll give me an error if there is one, for example:
rndc: 'reload' failed: multiple RRs of ...