Named service fails to start and getting connection refused errors.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Named service fails to start and getting connection refused errors.

$/etc/init.d/named start 
locating /var/named/chroot//etc/named.conf failed: [Failed] 

$/etc/init.d/named status 
rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953:connection refused 
named is stopped 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Version 4
  • bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.1

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