Problem with hint file?

andlil at towerrecords.com andlil at towerrecords.com
Tue Dec 21 19:22:25 UTC 1999


Syslog doesn't seem to have anything of interest to say about it.  Also,
Yes, there is a corefile generated.  Below, I've included the syslog
output, the contents of my named.conf file, and the contents of one of the
zone files, I can send the contents of the named.run files or the corefile
if anyone would like to see them

Syslog Output:
----------------------
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: starting.  named 8.2.2-P5 Mon Dec 20
13:13:58
CST 1999 ^Iroot at mts:/var/tmp/bind/src/bin/named
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: limit "max number of open files" not
supported
 on this system - ignored
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: limit "max number of open files" not
supported
 on this system - ignored
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: master zone "towerrecords.com" (IN)
loaded (se
rial 1999122101)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: master zone "37.30.172.in-addr.arpa" (IN)
load
ed (serial 1999122101)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: master zone "38.30.172.in-addr.arpa" (IN)
load
ed (serial 1999122101)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (IN)
loaded
 (serial 1999122101)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: hint zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo0)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: listening on [172.30.37.133].53 (en1)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: listening on [172.30.37.135].53 (et1)
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[30298]: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].3039
Dec 21 10:51:36 mts named[52316]: Ready to answer queries.


Named.Conf:
--------------------
options {
        directory "/etc/named";
};

zone "towerrecords.com" {
        type master;
        file "db.towerrecords.com";
};

zone "37.30.172.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "db.172.30.37";
};

zone "38.30.172.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "db.172.30.38";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "db.127.0.0";
};

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


db.towerrecords.com:
---------------------------------
$TTL 3600
@       IN      SOA     mts.towerrecords.com. root.towerrecords.com. (
                                        1999122101      ; Serial
                                        10800           ; Refresh 3 hours
                                        3600            ; Retry 1 hour
                                        604800          ; Expire 1 week
                                        86400 )         ; Minimum TTL 1 day

                        IN      NS      mts.towerrecords.com.

loopback                IN      A       127.0.0.1
localhost               IN      CNAME   loopback
mts                     IN      A       205.166.37.5
;
; 172.30.37.0 Network
;
bigipint                IN      A       172.30.37.1
ncr01                   IN      A       172.30.37.11
ncr02                   IN      A       172.30.37.12
ncr03                   IN      A       172.30.37.13
ncr04                   IN      A       172.30.37.14
ns1                     IN      A       172.30.37.132
ns2                     IN      A       172.30.37.133
;
; 172.30.38.0 Network
;
bigipext                IN      A       172.30.38.1
towerfw5                IN      A       172.30.38.2
king                    IN      A       172.30.38.15
queen                   IN      A       172.30.38.16
ace                     IN      A       172.30.38.17
towerbabel              IN      A       172.30.38.20
tbabel                  IN      A       172.30.38.20
www                     IN      A       172.30.38.129
bigipvip                IN      A       172.30.38.129
ftp                     IN      A       172.30.38.140






                                                                                             
                    Kevin Darcy                                                              
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andlil at towerrecords.com wrote:

> Hi, I just built BIND 8.2.2P5 on an AIX box and am having a problem.  I
am
> probably missing something really obvious, but I'm stumped.
>
> The issue is, if I try to start named with an essentially "normal"
> named.conf file (for instance one that I grabbed off of a BSDI box of
mine
> that is running BIND 8.2 also, or the one generated from my old
named.conf
> file |'ed through named-bootconf), the service starts, and within 1
second
> or less, dies.
>
> If, however, I rename the hint file or remove the entry for the hint zone
> in my named.conf file, named runs fine.  (Well, it runs fine for local
> zones, but obviously cannot perform externa lookups).
>
> Any ideas?  I've tried at least 4 different hint files and all seem to
> exhibit this issue.

What does syslog have to say about this? Is there a core file?


- Kevin









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