On Monday 30 March 2009 13:19:26 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > His real problem isn't baselayout2 and openrc, it's named. > > > > named is notorious for crappy stupid behaviour when being stopped and > > confusing the init scripts. It happens to me so often that now I tossed > > out the init script and do it manually. > > > > One day when my country's currency is worth something I can afford ans > > then I can get rid of named and it's start-up crap forever. It's still > > the only service I ever have to use "zap" on > > I don't even know what named is but the zap option usually works for a > lost service. Sort of like a reset button. I just wonder what would > happen if it is really running when the zap option is used. Start a new > process I guess. I guess ps would be a good friend then.
named is the BIND name server from the same guys as dhcpcd (and also vixie- cron). It's a *reference* *implementation* of how a name server should work (it exactly 100% behaves just like the RFCs say), but as a name server in *production* it just sucks. It's extremely popular because it's free and just because life evolved that way but in real life it's the world's worst PITA to administer. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
