It looks like the error that caused it to fail was the inability to open
named.pid. You could try deleteing the file and changing the ownership of
/var/run/named to whichever user it's running as, and try again.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Mike Pelley wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've just bollock'ed a nicely-running 7.0 system. I ran up2date and it
> came up with the new version of BIND to be installed as being
> 9.2.1.0.70.2. Fine, that's seems like a good update for a buffer
> overflow issue. So, I run it.
>
> However, I'm still running the 2.2.16-22 kernel (working just great!),
> so the /etc/rc.d/init.d/named line
>
> named -u named ${OPTIONS}
>
> no longer works; failing (since I'm still runnign the 2.2.16-22 kernel)
> with the message:
>
> Starting named: named: -u not supported on Linux kernels older
> than 2.3.99-pre3 or 2.2.18 when using threads
>
> I tried running it withoug the "-u named" option, and it tries to start,
> but, alas, no luck.
>
> Here is what my /var/log/messages file returns:
>
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31051]: starting BIND 9.2.1
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31051]: using 1 CPU
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: loading configuration from
> '/etc/named.conf'
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: no IPv6 interfaces found
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: listening on IPv4
> interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: listening on IPv4
> interface eth0, 192.168.0.250#53
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: zone 'pelleys.com' allows
> updates by IP address, which is insecure
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: command channel listening
> on 127.0.0.1#953
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: couldn't open pid file
> '/var/run/named/named.pid': Permission denied
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named[31054]: exiting (due to early
> fatal error)
> Aug 10 11:47:29 neptune named: named startup failed
>
> Of course, I've tried to downgrade to bind-8.2.3-1, but all sorts of
> dependancies now exist.
>
> What do I have to do to modify /etc/rc.d/init.d/named to run under the
> 2.2.16-22 kernel?
>
> My record with recompiling the kernel is only about 30% success, so I
> don't want to go down that route unless I absolutely have to. I've run
> up2date on the kernel on other systems with success (this is a generic
> HP NetServer LD Pro, nothing special at all - no software RAID, etc), so
> any opinions (asbestos flame suit - purist will say do a recompile,
> uggghh)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Mike Pelley "Non illegitimati carborundum"
> Owner & "Misc. Rambler" of Pelleys.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.pelleys.com
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>
> If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14,
> Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16,
>
> 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with
> extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
>
>
>
>
>
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