Re: [webmin-l] Can't stop BIND

[Charles W. <web...@op...>]

>On 23/Oct/2006 16:24 Charles Whitaker wrote ..
>>  >On 23/Oct/2006 15:12 Charles Whitaker wrote ..
>>  >>  At 2:56 PM -0700 10/23/06, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>  >>  >On 23/Oct/2006 14:45 Charles Whitaker wrote ..
>>  >>  >>  Greetings,
>>  >>  >>
>>  >>  >>  We've been running Webmin 1.290 on OS X Server 10.4.7 for several
>>  >>  >>  months now, using it exclusively to configure and maintain BIND,
>>  and
>>  >>  >>  it's been working fine. The other day, though, BIND stopped
>>  >>  >>  responding to requests to stop or restart the server. If we click
>>  >>  >>  "Stop Name Server", when the next page in Webmin comes up, the
>>  button
>>  >>  >>  is still labelled "Stop ..." instead of being renamed to "Start
>>  Name
>>  >>  >>  Server". Also, rndc shows that named is still running. I haven't
>>  seen
>>  >>  >>  any errors in system.log or named.log.
>>  >>  >>
>>  >>  >>  Anyone have an idea of what might be going on, or how to 
>>troubleshoot
>>  >>  >>  it? Thanks.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >When BIND is impoperly stopped like this, what does the file
>>  >>  >/var/run/named.pid
>>  >>  >contain? Webmin expects it to have the PID of the named process (when
>>  >>  it is
>>  >>  >running).
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >  - Jamie
>>  >>
>>  >>  That's what /var/run/named.pid contains -- the PID of the named process.
>>  >
>>  >Is the PID file setting on the Module Config page also set to
>>  >/var/run/named.pid ?
>>
>>  Yes, it is.
>
>Ok .. so even though Webmin tries to stop BIND, it is still running 
>(but hung).
>What do you have on the Module Config page in the 'Command to stop 
>BIND' field?

"Just kill process" is selected.
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Charles Whitaker
Webmaster
Open Door Networks