Is it trying to setgid to "pdns" but the pdns user/group do not exist? --Augie
2009/3/17 Dave Corsello <davecorse...@gmail.com>: > Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: > > Sometimes in situations like this it can be helpful to run strace (or your > platforms equivalent). On linux something like: > > strace -o /tmp/pdns.trace -f /usr/bin/pdns > > will generate list of system calls in /tmp/pdns.trace -- it might give a > hint as to what the process gets stuck on. > > > - ask > > > Thanks a lot, Ask. I don't know what to look for in the trace output, so > for what it's worth, here's a listing of all the calls that have a return > code of "-1": > > 5386 open("/etc/libmap.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/lib/libstdc++.so.6", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 readlink("/etc/malloc.conf", 0xbfbfe557, 1024) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 mkdir("/var/run/", 0700) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) > 5386 ioctl(5, TIOCGETA, 0xbfbfe578) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for > device) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No > such file or directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file > or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file > or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No > such file or directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file > or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file > or directory) > 5386 access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 5386 access("/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 access("/usr/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > 5386 ioctl(5, TIOCGETA, 0xbfbfe578) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for > device) > > The call that seems to be interrupted mid-stream is this one: > > 5386 setgid(0x3eans1 > > Thanks, > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Pdns-users mailing list > Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com > http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users > > -- Augie Schwer - au...@schwer.us - http://schwer.us Key fingerprint = 9815 AE19 AFD1 1FE7 5DEE 2AC3 CB99 2784 27B0 C072 _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users