Problems With Bind9
 

When I try to restart bind9 after configuring everything I get this message.

rndc: connection failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refused

What am I doing wrong?

Could be several things, can you post up a netstat -plan and iptables -L -n and a copy of your relevant configs.

I'm going to be honest. I just started linux the other day and I have no clue how to do that.

open a terminal and type the above comands.
highlight the results with cursur, and you should be able to paste the code. dont forget to use the 'code' thingie when posting.

might also check that rndc keys match?

rndc connects through port 953 on the 127.0.0.1 ip address (aka localhost).
Your firewall (iptables) setting has that port blocked.

Please post your Linux distribution's name and version number (add it to your profile) for better help.
There's a good chapter on DNS/bind here
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo...5_ch-bind.html
regardless of distribution.
You'll find the config filenames in there.