rndc: connect failed: connection refused

[pingu]

Just a quick note that may help anyone having the problem I was having.

I was having problems with rndc so I generated a new config file and key. I then couldn’t get rndc to run at all, continuously getting “rndc: connect failed: connection refused”. Tried a new key, tried bloddy everything…

I finally realised that the default named.conf file that Apple include was setting named to listen for control commands on port 54, the rndc-confgen utility (also included by Apple!) generates an rndc.conf file that specifies to connect on port 953. A quick change to named.conf sorted it all out!

Bloody Apple-stuffed wildgoose chase again!

Cheers
Dan

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