Issues reinstalling Bind9 on FreeBSD 8.0

[Matthew Seaman]

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On 03/06/2010 16:51:09, Olivier Nicole wrote:

>> /etc/rc.d/named: WARNING: run_rc_command: cannot run /usr/sbin/named
> 
> /etc/rc.d/named ans /usr/sbin/named are not from the ports but from
> native FreeBSD distribution.
> 
> Portsx will go into /usr/local/ only.
> 
> So apparently you mixed-up distribution and port, deleted part of one
> and part of the other...
> 
> If you have a fresh FreeBSD install, just reinstall it?

Also, if you're trying to run one of the bind ports, then you should
just use all the default configuration stuff in /etc/namedb (which is
really /var/named/etc/namedb) and the rc script /etc/rc.d/named with the
binaries installed by the port by putting the following in /etc/rc.conf:

named_enable="YES"
named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named"
named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf"

This is a bit unusual -- most ports install their own startup script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ and their own config files under /usr/local/etc or
subdirs thereof.

One handy hint is to link /usr/local/etc/rndc.conf to
/etc/namedb/rndc.conf which helps the rc-script control the named
process better.
(Or .../rndc.key, depending on how you set things up.)  Actually, I
believe the various bind ports do this automatically now, but it doesn't
hurt to double check.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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