Search Again: Re: OT? Help... although might be OT with BIND... From: Len Conrad Date: Friday, September 7, 2001 Time: 2:42:06 am >QDNS 3.5 under Redhat 7.1/bind 8.2.3 : bind (named) crashes ? try to upgrade to 8.2.4, there were a few bugs in 8.2.3, esp about zone=20 transfers. 8.2.5 is in "release candidate" stage. >I restarted named on the server and it sprang to life. Ten minutes or so >later, it happened again. A restart of named cured it again. Then again.= .. >etc... > >The log reports the following: > >--- >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.965 default: notice: reloading nameserver >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.966 parser: error: /etc/named.conf:7: couldn't open >include file '/var/named/conf/options' is it there? permissions? >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.966 parser: error: In '/var/named/conf/user_after' >line 10 fix it >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.967 parser: error: included from '/etc/named.conf' >line 8 >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.967 parser: error: /var/named/conf/user_after:10: n= o >options statement before first zone; using previous/default ... because the include failed above >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.967 load: warning: db_load could not open: >conf/root.hint: Permission denied fix it >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.970 parser: error: /etc/named.conf:9: couldn't open >include file '/var/named/conf/zones' permissions? >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.972 config: warning: re-establishing default option= s >07-Sep-2001 10:18:33.972 config: error: couldn't create pid file >'/var/run/named.pid' permissions? >What is going on? ime, basic *nix pemissions problems, everywhere. >I'm assuming this is a BIND problem on my server no, it=B4s a "cockpit error" :))) >, rather than a QDNS >problem... so is technically OT for this list... not ime, one can=B4t really separate BIND pb=B4s from QDNS pb=B4s when th= ey are=20 so closely integrated under QDNS to give a complete solution. Len > but anyone any ideas? >(Be gentle, I'm new(ish) to BIND...) ok, ok, permissions problems bite EVERYONE now and again. Len ___________________________________________________________________ Men & Mice: QuickDNS - DNS Expert - DNS Training - DNS Consulting DNS Classes: Denver Sep.20-21, NYC Sep. 27-28, Toronto Oct. 18,19 http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training

Messages In This Thread: OT? Help... although might be OT with BIND... by QuickDNS_Talk on Sep 7, 2001 at 2:26:15 am Re: OT? Help... although might be OT with BIND... by Len Conrad on Sep 7, 2001 at 2:42:06 am Re: OT? Help... although might be OT with BIND... by Men & Mice Support on Sep 7, 2001 at 2:51:15 am Re: OT? Help... although might be OT with BIND... by QuickDNS_Talk on Sep 7, 2001 at 8:58:24 am