On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:32:52 +0200
"Ronald P. Pfister" <ronald.pfister@halimedia.com> wrote:

[SNIP]
> When issuing "ndc -d start"  (as root), I always get the following response:
> 
> ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect(fd 3): No such file or directory
> ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (/var/run/ndc)
> ndc: error: pid not valid or server not running
> ndc: error: name server has not started (yet?)
[SNIP]

There seem to be several possible causes - have a look at the following, they may help.

http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/1999/07/msg00260.html
http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/1999/06/msg00943.html
http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/2000/03/msg00861.html
http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/2000/04/msg01282.html
http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/2000/06/msg00997.html
http://www.isc.org/ml-archives/bind-users/2000/06/msg00975.html

The most common cause seems to be a syntax error in named.conf, though...

Bruce