DNS - named will not start ??

I'd previously done this too without effect, Till, although your explanation seems appropriate as Bind had been updated a couple of days back via a yum update.

Thanks again

Roadster

 

This is what I ran, as per the Perfect Setup and instructions from Falko earlier in this thread, + associated output:

chmod 755 /var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/run/
chmod 777 /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/
cd /var/named/chroot/var/named/
ln -s ../../ chroot
ln: creating symbolic link `chroot/..' to `../../': File exists
chkconfig --levels 235 named on
bash: chkconfig: command not found
/etc/init.d/named start
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
/etc/named.conf:3: change directory to '/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit' failed: file not found

I checked that this was actually what they had been set to and can confirm that they are reporting as such.

 

Your PATH variable seems to be wrong. Try

Code:

/sbin/chkconfig --levels 235 named on

instead.

Please make sure that all DNS settings under Management > Server > Settings > DNS are correct.

 

Hi everybody,
Now this is what I got in my /var/named/chroot/var/named/ :
in named.conf I have forced the value of "directory" here to be able to restart the named server after copying the new zone files here ...

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named 6 Mar 23 23:06 chroot -> ../../
drwxrwx--- 2 named named 4096 Aug 25 2004 data
-rw-r----- 1 root named 198 Sep 11 2006 localdomain.zone
-rw-r----- 1 root named 195 Sep 11 2006 localhost.zone
-rw-r----- 1 root named 427 Sep 11 2006 named.broadcast
-rw-r----- 1 root named 2518 Sep 11 2006 named.ca
-rw-r----- 1 root named 424 Sep 11 2006 named.ip6.local
-rw-r----- 1 root named 426 Sep 11 2006 named.local
-rw-r----- 1 root named 427 Sep 11 2006 named.zero
-rw-r----- 1 root named 647 Jun 2 20:04 pri.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa
-rw-r----- 1 root named 739 Jun 2 20:04 pri.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa~
-rw-r----- 1 root named 2315 Jun 2 20:04 pri.214.196.88.in-addr.arpa
-rw-r----- 1 root named 2223 Jun 2 20:04 pri.214.196.88.in-addr.arpa~
-rw-r----- 1 root named 795 May 3 23:55 pri.mydomain.com


Now I believe I have a mix up of access right for /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit but also of ownership. What group and user is supposed to own all those directory, particularly /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit ?

and what is supposed to be the directory containing the zone files ?
/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit ? or
/var/named/chroot/var/named/ ?

now this is what I have in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 2769 Aug 13 22:16 delete.php
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 31702 Aug 13 22:16 edit.php
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 2021 Aug 13 22:16 empty_trash.php
-r--r----- 1 named named 198 Sep 11 2006 localdomain.zone
-r--r----- 1 root named 195 Sep 11 2006 localhost.zone
-r--r----- 1 root named 427 Sep 11 2006 named.broadcast
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 2769 Aug 17 21:08 named.ca
-r--r----- 1 root named 424 Sep 11 2006 named.ip6.local
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 256 Aug 17 21:08 named.local
-r--r----- 1 root named 427 Sep 11 2006 named.zero
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 3649 Aug 13 22:16 new_switch.php
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 2190 Aug 13 22:16 node_insert.php
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 7167 Aug 13 22:16 node.php
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admispconfig admispconfig 6048 Aug 13 22:16 papierkorb.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 1144 Aug 18 16:39 pri.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 1104 Aug 18 16:39 pri.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa~
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 1944 Aug 18 16:39 pri.214.196.88.in-addr.arpa
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 2117 Aug 18 16:39 pri.214.196.88.in-addr.arpa~
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 860 Aug 17 21:08 pri.mydomain.com
(I have copied the ancient files here ...)


Thanks and regards,
arnaud

 

Ooops just in time !
So why can I not change it in the ISP_Config parameters windows.
When I try to enter /var/named/chroot/var/named/ instead of /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit it defaults back to
/etc/bind !! (after a refresh) then after a few minutes it comes back to "/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit" but by luck the named.conf directory remains at /var/named/chroot/var/named/ until I try to modify a DNS entry from ISP_Config. Then the modification are recorded in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit and the "named.conf" is modified again.

hum I also modified properties according to the command provided earlier in this thread :
chmod 755 /var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/run/
chmod 777 /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/

no amelioration so far

Thanks and regards,
Arnaud

 

Where ...
?

 

Thanks Till,
When I find the answer, I'll come back to post it

Thanks and regards,
Arnaud

 

Hi Till,

This is what the perfect install for FC6 says about bind :

8 Install A Chrooted DNS Server (BIND9)

To install a chrooted BIND9, we do this:

yum install bind-chroot

Next, we change a few permissions and start BIND:

chmod 755 /var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/run/
chmod 777 /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/
cd /var/named/chroot/var/named/
ln -s ../../ chroot
chkconfig --levels 235 named on
/etc/init.d/named start

BIND will run in a chroot jail under /var/named/chroot/var/named/. I will use ISPConfig to configure BIND (zones, etc.).


I have done those modifications but I have not retried to modify the DNS directeory through the ISP_Config interface. I'll give it a try.

Thanks and regards,
Arnaud

 

Yes it seems to work.
I have changed again the zone file directory to /var/named/chroot/var/named/ in ISP_Config and this time it holds and works !

I still have to check that I can modify a DNS entry and that it continues to opperate but everything seems OK now

Thanks a lot,
Arnaud
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Hi there,

I have the same problem with named service.
what can I do?

Regards,

 

Any errors in your logs? Which distribution are you using?

 

I found it!!!

Thank you falko,

I had a bad record "simorgh_server" (I think the underline was the problem).
After removing it and setting up the corresponding step again it start successfully.
the step for installing DNS server in ISPConfig manual is:

chmod 755 /var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/named/
chmod 775 /var/named/chroot/var/run/
chmod 777 /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/
cd /var/named/chroot/var/named/
ln -s ../../ chroot
chkconfig --levels 235 named on
/etc/init.d/named start

Again thank you all for kindly attentions,

 

Having the same issue after yum

Hi Guys,

I'm having the same issues starting bind. Error message is:

Error in named configuration:
/etc/named.conf:3: change directory to '/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit' failed: file not found

/etc/named.conf:3: parsing failed

I have gone through this thread to try to avoid sending this post - but nothing seemed to help.

What I've done so far:

1. Followed the perfect setup bind installation process for CENTOS 5.2
2. Unistalled & re-installed bind, then followed step 1 again
3. Changed Mgmt->Server->Settings->DNS->named.conf: to:

1. /etc/named.conf
2. /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
3. /var/named/chroot//etc/named.conf

Still no joys. Any help would be appreciated.

I've also noticed that I cannot send emails with large attachments - not sure whether this is a by-product of BIND issue or not.

Thanks in advance

 

The BIND part of the issue is now resolved. I needed to remove the old /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf so that a new one is created as part of the BIND config from the Perfect Setup.

2nd issue - emails with attachment not being sent - remains.