Subject: Re: BIND DoS and remote compromise issues
To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 11/12/2002 21:28:24
Just add 'named9=YES' into your /etc/rc.conf, I guess.

Jaromir

Paul Hoffman wrote:
> At 3:00 PM -0500 11/12/02, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >  >OK, I just noticed that pkg_add added "named9" in /usr/pkg/etc/rc.d.
> >>I could copy that to /etc/rc.d, but then how do I get named9 to
> >>launch? Do I simply say "named=NO" and "named9=YES" in /etc/rc.conf?
> >
> >that's another way to do it, yes.  you just have to remember where the
> >named9 script came from, and to upgrade it if you upgrade the bind9
> >pkg at some point.
> 
> Well, it turns out that doesn't work either. After stopping named, 
> and running '/etc/rc.d/named9 start', it just reports:
>     WARNING: $named9 is not set properly.
> And doesn't start named.
> 
> Further help is appreciated at getting BIND9 working ASAP.
> 


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