need to start, stop and start again to run bind properly

[Simon Waters]

Dirk Thannhäuser wrote:
>  
> I've got the following problem.
> When i start named and will lookup for any zone execpt the internal
> zones will fail.
> But when i kill the just started named process and start it again the
> nameserver works well.
> 
> # named
>    i start named
> # ping www.www.de
>    at this point i could wait for hours nothing happenes
> 
>    so i stop the namedprocess and start it again and all will work
> fine
> 
> # killall named
> # named
> # ping www.www.de
> PING www.www.de (195.127.96.16): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 195.127.96.16: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=40.040 ms
> 64 bytes from 195.127.96.16: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=41.189 ms
> 64 bytes from 195.127.96.16: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=44.042 ms

Are the options passed to named on boot are different to those
when it is run from the command line? My guess is perhaps it
picks up a different named.conf or even a different version of
named.

Eek running named as root, there was an excuse before BIND 9 for
running non-chrooted, but now there is no excuse for not running
as a chrooted, ordinary user.