On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Mauricio wrote:

> 	Stupid question: to start bind, which of the /etc/rc files
> should I use?  Shouldn't a line like this
>
> # Start bind
> named9=YES                named_flags=""
>
> in /etc/rc.conf do the trick (as opposite to have to use
> /etc/rc.d/named9 by hand)?  If it is relevant, this is NetBSD 1.6.1
> in a DEC5000/25

It should work at boot time if /etc/rc.d/named9 exists.

Running /etc/rc.d/named9 by itself should not work unless named9=YES is
defined anyways (unless you use "forcestart").

Maybe you have some error message in your logs explaining why named failed
to start?

 Jeremy C. Reed

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