How to start named (BIND)

When I try to start named on my OS 10.7.3 machine, with the following command:

launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist

... I get this error message:

launchctl: no plist was returned for: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist
nothing found to load

What am I doing wrong?

In the absense of getting the above to work, I can start named manually, like so: sudo /usr/sbin/named ... but that's rather crude, isn't it?

What do I need to do go get launchctl working with named?

Also, the contents of my org.isc.named.plist file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Disabled</key>
        <false/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>org.isc.named</string>
        <key>OnDemand</key>
        <false/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/sbin/named</string>
                <string>-f</string>
        </array>
        <key>ServiceIPC</key>
        <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

CS.

Posted 2012-04-23T20:52:01.260

Reputation: 151

Thanks for the reply!! I've added the contents of org.isc.named.plist to my OP for you - thanks again. – CS. – 2012-04-24T15:46:45.607

what are the files permissions set as? – dhempler – 2012-04-25T11:55:44.467

That was it! (Permissions) They were set to 600, when everything else in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons was set to 644. A simple chmod 644 org.isc.named.plist and it now starts automatically when I reboot - Thanks Dennis! – CS. – 2012-04-25T21:12:06.207

How to start named (BIND)

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