SV: rndc connection problems

5 msg	client.c Assertion Failure
17 msg	TXT record problem (Timed out)
2 msg	Problem with cname target pointing to wildcard ...
4 msg	multiple domains on same ip adresses
3 msg	Use of 'notify' and 'also-notify'
7 msg	MX question
9 msg	Chaining CNAMEs?
2 msg	enforced delegation only
3 msg	slow IXFR updates

SV: rndc connection problems
\ Ronni Jensen (21 Aug 2006)

7 msg	Hosting own domain - newb questions.
2 msg	rndc connection problems
8 msg	SDB Backend for Bind
1 msg	Lookup slowness after ~5 minutes
3 msg	Question about a dot in hostname
3 msg	Dynamic updates stopped working
3 msg	named will not start
2 msg	Dual stack to IPv4 conversion
3 msg	Bind 9 allow-recursion limited to localhost
3 msg	2 A records, 2 PTR records, just 1 IP - is this...

Subject:	SV: rndc connection problems
Group:	Bind-users
From:	Ronni Jensen
Date:	21 Aug 2006

Yes, I disgovered that earlier and it's now working again. But the
problem was the one you described, thanks anyway :)

GG Redhat..

Best regards,
Ronni

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Tom Diehl [mailto:tdiehl]
Sendt: 21. august 2006 17:03
Til: Ronni Jensen
Cc: bind-users
Emne: Re: rndc connection problems

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Ronni Jensen wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have BIND 9.3.2 running on a RHEL server, and rndc worked fine until
> now. Now, when I do a "rndc status", "rndc reload" or similar, I get
> this error:
>
> rndc: connection to remote host closed
> This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of
> the command protocol, this host is not authorized to connect,
> or the key is invalid.
>
> If I just restart BIND, I get this in the log, though it also loads
the
> zones successfully:
>
> Aug 21 15:25:56.840 general: error: invalid command from
> 127.0.0.1#46662: bad auth
> Aug 21 15:29:27.712 general: error: invalid command from
> 127.0.0.1#46667: bad auth
>
> Any ideas what happened? And how to fix? Any help will be much
> appreciated.

It would appear that Red Hat b0rked the latest bind update. If you look
at
/etc/rndc.conf and /etc/rndc.key you will find that the keys are
different.

Make them the same and all should be well again.

Regards,

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