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Subject: Re: named not starting on boot
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Noah wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a freeBSD 5.5 server not starting named upon reboot.  any clues 
> how I can troubleshoot this issue?
>
> # grep named /etc/rc.conf
> named_enable="YES"
> named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named"
> # /usr/local/sbin/named -version
> BIND 9.3.2-P2
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD ns2.ps.juniper.net 5.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE #0: Tue May 
> 23 14:58:27 UTC 2006     
> root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>
>
>
> thanks for your assistance in advance,
>
> Noah

A bit more information would be handy to determine what the root cause 
is.     However, double check your logs for any errors.   If you have a 
*.* entry in your syslog.conf you should see any errors in thier.   

Also if you run named manually does it work?   Is the startup script 
located in either /etc/rc.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d ?   If you run that 
manually does it work?  

If you do encounter a error, post it back to the list and someone should 
be able to give you direction.


Cheers!

Jeff