making Samba work [new detail]

[Paul Howarth]

Claude Jones wrote:
> On Tue August 9 2005 8:13 am, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>Claude Jones wrote:
>>
>>>Now, I get the following when I restart named:
>>>
>>>[root at viewridgeproductions2 ~]# service named restart
>>>Stopping named:                                            [FAILED]
>>>Starting named:                                            [  OK  ]
>>>[root at viewridgeproductions2 ~]#
>>>
>>>It can't stop the service, but it can start it now...
>>
>>Does "rndc status" work?
> 
> 
> No - if I run it, it just sits there with no messages or any indication of 
> activity - the following appears after a Ctl-c
> 
> [root at viewridgeproductions2 cj]# rndc status
> rndc: connect failed: operation canceled

What's in /etc/rndc.conf?

What's in the "controls" section of your named.conf (the one in the 
chroot, which there should be a symlink to from /etc)?

Is there a `include "/etc/rndc.key";' in both files, and a symlink:
/etc/rndc.key -> /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key

Paul.