Bind9 Problem, please help

[Mark Andrews]

> Mark Andrews wrote:
> 
> >>ok, after reading all your replies (thank you very much), it seems the my problem with dev has been fixed, 
> >>what i did was i recreated my /u1/dns/dev that matches the one that's on /dev,
> >>
> >>/dev
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    2,   2 Oct 28 12:00 /dev/null
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  249,   0 Oct 28 00:57 /dev/random
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    2,  12 Oct 27 16:57 /dev/zero
> >>
> >>/u1/dns/dev
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  daemon    2,   2 Oct 28 11:52 null
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  daemon  249,   0 Oct 28 11:52 random
> >>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  daemon    2,  12 Oct 28 11:52 zero
> >>
> >>
> >>i cranked it up and i got this 
> >>===
> >>Oct 28 12:00:24 mailhub named[85612]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -f
> >>Oct 28 12:00:25 mailhub named[85612]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> >>Oct 28 12:01:39 mailhub named[85846]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -f
> >>Oct 28 12:01:39 mailhub named[85846]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> >>Oct 28 12:01:40 mailhub named[85848]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -f
> >>Oct 28 12:01:40 mailhub named[85848]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> >>Oct 28 12:01:41 mailhub named[85850]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -f
> >>Oct 28 12:01:41 mailhub named[85850]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> >>Oct 28 12:01:42 mailhub named[85860]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -f
> >>Oct 28 12:01:42 mailhub named[85860]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> >>===
> >>it's a looping message
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Stop whatever you are using to start named.
> >
> >As root run "named -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -g"
> >
> >This will keep named in the foreground and send to logs to the
> >terminal.  Once you have addressed whatever problems are
> >reported you can go back to doing what you were doing.
> >
> >  
> >
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> >Mark Andrews, ISC
> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> >
> >  
> >
> this is what i got after i ran (named -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -g
> 
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.282 starting BIND 9.3.1 -u bind -t /u1/dns -c /etc/named.conf -g
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.285 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.321 listening on IPv4 interface fxp0, (ip adress)
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.322 listening on IPv4 interface lo0, 127.0.0.1#53
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.373 command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.373 ignoring config file logging statement due to -g option
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.373 couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': File exists
> 28-Oct-2005 12:37:13.373 exiting (due to early fatal error)

	The permissions of /u1/dns/var/run are?
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org