bind 9 dying

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	Firstly you are not running BIND 9.  The log messages below are
	from BIND 8.

	Mark

> I have updated to bind 9.2.0 and now the name server is periodically
> stopping providing services.  (about once a week)  It takes HUPing it
> twice to get it to provide services again.  When it dies it stops
> putting any entries in the syslog.  The first hup provides a stats
> report and then a message that it is being reloaded.  the reload
> generates an error.  The second HUP succeeds.  Here is a log file
> excerpt.
> 
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: USAGE 1007952473 1007351440
> CPU=48.13u/20.72s 
> CHILDCPU=0u/0.13s
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: NSTATS 1007952473 1007351440 0=2
> A=20472 NS=1 
> CNAME=25 SOA=28651 PTR=20039 MX=1044 TXT=5 AAAA=43 SRV=393 38=26
> ANY=4401
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: XSTATS 1007952473 1007351440
> RR=34609 RNXD=238
> 8 RFwdR=22643 RDupR=124 RFail=395 RFErr=0 RErr=64 RAXFR=0 RLame=383
> ROpts=0 SSys
> Q=7201 SAns=50832 SFwdQ=19946 SDupQ=2494 SErr=103 RQ=75441 RIQ=5
> RFwdQ=0 RDupQ=1
> 88 RTCP=6918 SFwdR=22643 SFail=5 SFErr=0 SNaAns=39452 SNXD=11269
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: Cleaned cache of 1952 RRsets
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: reloading nameserver
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: Err/TO getting serial# for
> "c.b.a.in-addr  (Changed to protect the guilty)
> .arpa"
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: Forwarding source address is
> [0.0.0.0].4878
> Dec  9 21:47:53 main named[2056]: Ready to answer queries.
> Dec  9 21:49:04 main named[2056]: reloading nameserver
> 
> Any idea what is happening?
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