domain problems

[Igor Gueths]

Hi all. I'm trying to set up my domain (lava-net.com). As far as I know 
everything is set up correctly, because named starts with no 
errors...Actually there were a few warnings. They were the following: 
Feb  4 15:48:32 igueths named[954]: none:0: open: /usr/etc/rndc.key: 
file not found
Feb  4 15:48:32 igueths named[954]: couldn't add command channel 
127.0.0.1#953:


What does the one about the command channel mean? Is that rndc related? 
Also, how do I tell rndc to not look for files in /usr/etc? Also, even 
when my server is running, and I do a dig on it the only servers that 
respond are the root servers. And when I tried to put my nameserver in 
the list of nameservers directnic should use, I got a message that 
stated that my nameserver wasn't registered. Anyone know what I am 
missing here? Thanks! 

P.S.: Here is my current zone file.
$TTL 3D
@ IN SOA ns.lava-net.com. hostmaster at lava-net.com. (0020780ec930 12H 2H 
2D)
NS ns.lava-net.com.
MX 10 mail.lava-net.com.
ns.lava-net.com. IN A 68.37.56.149
mail.lava-net.com. IN A 68.37.56.149
ftp IN A 68.37.56.149
www CNAME ns
localhost A 127.0.0.1