From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 16 08:33:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA07426 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:33:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA07420 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:33:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA01921; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:32:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Brad Tucker cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: DNS Server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm routing this back to the list. On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Brad Tucker wrote: > Doug, > Named doesnt every physically die. Its up, I never get an error message > or > anything. It just stops working. One minute I would type in ping > freebsd.org, and it wil ping it just fine, and then another minute, and it > will tell me host not found. There are never any errors.I upgraded bind, > hopping it wold solve the problem. Im running bind > 8.1.1, and now it does the samee thing. This usually only happens when > named has been running for about 24 hours. Are you running primary or secondary for any domains? Do you have /etc/resolv.conf set up to point to the local machine for DNS lookups? If these check out, please post your named configuration and make sure you send a copy to questions@freebsd.org. I'm not totally familiar with all the tweaks of a named configuration file. I wonder if the name cache is expiring and named isn't able to update itself. > > > Hello, > > > I have FreeBSD v. 2.2.2. running BIND 4.9.4, the port that came with the > > > CD's. I can get named to work, but after a while it seems to just stop, I > > > can get to some hosts, but to others I cant. I do a quick named.restart, > > > and everthing works again. I was just curious if there where any problems > > > with Bind 4.9.4 running in FreeBSD v. 2.2.2. If there are, what should I do > > > to correct them. If not, Ive included a copy of my named.boot file, and > > > other db. files needed. I have also obtained a copy of the new root.cache, > > > but that did not seem to help. What next??? > > > > Check /var/log/messages; is named dying with a signal or an error? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major