nsd-control rebuild. error: connect (127.0.0.1@8952): Connection refused

[Derek C Johnstone]

Hi
I am trying to set up a mail system and using nsd as a name server.
I think I need to make changes to nsd.conf, but get the error above.
NSD seems to start OK, the log shows no errors.
after nsd-control start
the command nsd-control rebuild gives error . error unknown command 'rebuild'
after nsd-control stop
the command nsd-control rebuild gives error: error: connect (127.0.0.1@8952): Connection refused
I'm no expert, but this can't be right.
Please can someone tell me what is going on?
Many thanks in anticipation. Derek

 

[SirDice]

after nsd-control stop
the command nsd-control rebuild gives error: error: connect (127.0.0.1@8952): Connection refused
I'm no expert, but this can't be right.

You told it to stop and now you're wondering why you can't connect to it anymore? What do you think nsd-control stop does?

       stop   Stop the server. The server daemon exits.

If you read nsd-control(8) you would also have noticed rebuilt is not a valid command as it's not mentioned anywhere.