Question on bind page

[Michael Powell]

Richard Yang wrote:

> Dear support,
> 
> I am trying to follow through
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-dns.html as to setup
> a dns server
> When I try
> /etc/rc.d/named forcestart
> it always said
> Starting named
> 
> When I use ps to check whether it actually started, I can confirm it is
> not started.
> To start named is pretty much the first step before going to configure
> BIND. I have to reinstall it and it still doesn't work.
> 
> Could you give me some hints?
> Thank you.
> 

man rndc

-Mike