On 12/14/2011 2:35 PM, Vbvbrj wrote: > Bind 9.8.1 P1 installed in D:\bind9. > Config files and other zone files and log files in D:\bind_config > Service configuration: Path to executable" > "D:\bind9\bin\named.exe" -c "D:\bind_config\etc\named.conf"
I haven't looked at this part of the code in a long time but it should work. Though the registry key should be ImagePath. Did you use BINDInstall to install it? > > named.conf has the line: > directory "D:\named.conf"; > Unless you actually have a folder called D:\named.conf\ then I suspect this is wrong. It should be the directory containing your files not the name of the config file. > If the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ISC\BIND\"InstallDir" is > present, then at the start the named.conf is searched under the folder > "etc" of "InstallDir" folder. > If I delete this key, the the named.conf file is searched in > system32/etc folder or something under system32 folder. Yes. that's what it's designed to do. > > In both cases the "-c" option is not taken by the service. Debugging this is not easy but having the arguments on the ImagePath registry should be okay. As starting > bind from command line, the "-c" option is taken in account and > named.conf is read from the specified path. > That's expected. > How to tell the named running as a service to read the config file from > the path specified with "-c" option? > Some one please. Is there a reason that you want to look for it in a different place from where it is currently looking? What's the real issue behind your question. Danny _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
