Question : Stopping named: rndc: connect failed: connection refused

Hello,

I am facing the issue related to the named.
My /etc/named.conf is as per given below :

controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
        allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};
// Setting up secondaries is way easier and the rough picture for this
// is explained below.
//
// If you enable a local name server, don't forget to enter 127.0.0.1
// into your /etc/resolv.conf so this server will be queried first.
// Also, make sure to enable it in /etc/rc.conf.

zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "named.root";
};

zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
        type master;
        file "localhost.rev";
};

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and logs tell me :

Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18478]: starting BIND 9.2.1 -u named
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18478]: using 1 CPU
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named: named startup succeeded
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: no IPv6 interfaces found
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 65.75.176.150#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:1, 65.75.176.151#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:2, 65.75.176.152#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:3, 65.75.176.153#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:4, 65.75.176.154#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:5, 65.75.176.155#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:6, 65.75.176.156#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:7, 65.75.176.157#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:8, 65.75.176.158#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0:9, 65.75.176.159#53
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: could not configure root hints from 'named.root': file not found
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: loading configuration: file not found
Oct 19 18:23:07 nifty-west named[18480]: exiting (due to fatal error)
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Please help me..

Thank you,

Answer : Stopping named: rndc: connect failed: connection refused

You don't have a named.root file.  

Please check out:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

That will tell you everything that you need to set up a cacheing name server.