OT: Nameservers on W2k (Bind 9.2.1)
 

Hiya,

I just wanted to try out to install a nameserver on my W2k desktop. I've seen that ISC now has a Bind that's running on Win32 system.

I downloaded it and installed it (it was put into c:\winnt\system32\dns\ )

After that I run from the command line:

rndc-confgen -a

That created a file in c:\winnt\system32\dns\etc\rndc.key with following content:

key "rndc-key" {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "QnM6Uny/kD327b/ysesuKw==";
};

After that I did create a rndc.conf file (empty) and run:

rndc-confgen > rndc.conf

It then gave me some screen output:

# Start of rndc.conf
key "rndc-key" {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "nhgoQ5dkQdiHJW4UWg932A==";
};

options {
default-key "rndc-key";
default-server 127.0.0.1;
default-port 953;
};
# End of rndc.conf

# Use with the following in named.conf, adjusting the allow list as needed:
# key "rndc-key" {
# algorithm hmac-md5;
# secret "nhgoQ5dkQdiHJW4UWg932A==";
# };
# controls {
# inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
# allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
# };
# End of named.conf

I typed that then into the rndc.conf (which I put into the same directory as the exe files c:\winnt\system32\dns\bin)

Now I wanted to update my dns db by entering the following command at the command line:

rndc reload

But I only get the following error:

errno2result.c:61: unable to convert errno to isc_result: 10057: Socket is not connected
rndc: send failed: connection refused


Well, anyone knows where I did go wrong or what I missed?

wsjb78

::-| Not only don't know what you did wrong but I don't even know what you did. Just reading that made me feel woozy. :bonk:

All I try to accomplish is setting up a nameserver on my W2k machine... I am no Unix or Linux guru so I don't really understand what I did myself... :)

Maybe some other TechGuy can help me on that?

Hi wsjb78,

It appears that you have followed the setup correctly from what I can see.

Are you running a strict firewall? Are you using a router with a built in firewall of some sort?

I would suggest joining the Bind mailing list, http://www.isc.org/services/public/l...ind-lists.html or you can search through the archive here: http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/

Good Luck,

Eric

Now there's something cool. A guy who posts some useful info in his very first post. Welcome aboard the X Eric!

Thanks for the welcome Mister X.


:flower:

the problem with posting useful replies, particularly the first ones... is that then it becomes expected of you to know stuff.

I made that mistake on some other boards in the past.

now.. I don't know anything about anything.

this is a persona I can live up to.

if someone needs to know nothing about something.. then I am the guy to see... if you need to know something about anything... everyone else is better to know. ::-|

Just because I am very Pro Microsoft and manage a Windows 2000 Server does not mean I know everything :)

If someone has a question I can help with, I try my best :)

As you can see from my above post, I did not solve his problem, I only pointed him to the right place to get help.

After all, helping Webmasters is my job.

http://sitepass.com

:)

Hey Eric... thanks for bringing something to the board...

You were a great help when xnations was getting on it's feet.
:xthumbs:

Thanks Chris,

I will try to get by here more often!

:)

... I could be padding my post count here...

Hello Eric,

sorry for my late reply. I'm just caught up in thousands of other things. Well, the desktop I tried to set it up with is on an ADSL router with integrated firewall. At home security isn't set very strict I assume. I didn't change any of those settings.

Thanks for pointing out those mail lists to me. I'll join them!

wsjb78