rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: permission denied

[Don Lewis]

On  2 Jun, O. Hartmann wrote:
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> On CURRENT, running on an APU as router/firewall service, out of the blue after an update
> I receive this weird message when trying to restart "named" (BIND 9.12, latest from the
> ports):
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> service named restart
> rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953:
> permission denied rndc failed, trying kill: Waiting for PIDS: 871.
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> Searching the net reveals that possible access rights issues could cause this problem,
> but I do not see any. Does somebody see such problems, too and does have a solution?

Do you have a firewall rule that blocks sending to UDP port 953 on
127.0.0.1?