Resource temporarily unavailable error on Bind 8.2.1

[Michael Randall]

It *could* just be that your forwarder is busy. If you put the same address
in twice, it will simply try again, and if it was just busy, you have a
better chance of getting a response. You didn't mention if you tried to
"ping" the forwarder. That would be a quick first check.

Anthony Golia wrote:

> I have:
>
> forwarders {
>                 199.62.111.56;
>         };
>         forward only;
>
> in my named.conf file.  Sometimes I get this error:
>
> named[930]: ns_forw: sendto([199.62.111.56].53): Resource temporarily
> unavailable
>
> Then all Internet queries (only Internet queries) fail.  'looks like it
> may be a Solaris thing, but does anyone know how I can find out exactly
> what resource is unavailable?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> --
> Anthony