when bind named service hasn’t started after OpenSuSE Tumbleweed boots
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/08/20
A while ago, named would not start any more after I rebooted my Tumbleweed systems.
I had this behaviour on multiple systems, each installed quite a while ago and kept up-to-date with zypper dist-upgrade so it looked like a systematic issue.
Below are steps in researching the problem together with the helpful people on the IRC channel opensuse-factory.
Background reading for some of the commands: [WayBack] How To Use Systemctl to Manage Systemd Services and Units | DigitalOcean.
Both systemctl status named.service and systemctl status named would show the same output:
# systemctl status named
● named.service - LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/named; generated; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Getting the log from events around a reboot would show a successful shutdown, but no start:
# journalctl --unit named --catalog --pager-endApr 28 13:19:27 laurel systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named... -- Subject: Unit named.service has begun shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit named.service has begun shutting down. Apr 28 13:19:28 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 192.168.124.27#53 Apr 28 13:19:28 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 192.168.124.27#53 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: received control channel command 'stop' Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: shutting down: flushing changes Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on ::#53 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on ::#53 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53 Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: exiting Apr 28 13:19:34 laurel named[30705]: Shutting down name server BIND waiting for named to shut down ..done Apr 28 13:19:34 laurel systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named. -- Subject: Unit named.service has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit named.service has finished shutting down.
Similar results in these files:
/var/lib/named/log/general.log
28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.465 general: shutting down: flushing changes
28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.468 general: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953
28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.622 general: exiting
/var/lib/named/log/named.log
28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.489 network: no longer listening on ::#53
28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.489 network: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53
With systemctl, I got this:
# systemctl is-enabled named named.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install is-enabled named enabled # systemctl is-active named inactive # systemctl is-failed named inactive
After this, I was out of systemd and sysv knowledge, so I asked for help on the #openSUSE-factory IRC channel, where ismail was of great help.
After editing this file: /run/systemd/generator.late/named.service, the situation did not change: the file got regenerated during boot:
# Automatically generated by systemd-sysv-generator [Unit] Documentation=man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) SourcePath=/etc/init.d/named Description=LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named Before=nss-lookup.target After=network-online.target After=ldap.service Wants=nss-lookup.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] Type=forking Restart=no TimeoutSec=5min IgnoreSIGPIPE=no KillMode=process GuessMainPID=no RemainAfterExit=yes SuccessExitStatus=5 6 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/named start ExecStop=/etc/init.d/named stop ExecReload=/etc/init.d/named reload
Suggestions on the IRC channel indicated these might be related:
- [Archive.is] Bug 1036630 – [Build 20170425] openQA test fails in yast2_dns_server: saving the configuration failed
- [Archive.is] Bug 1037012 – Service doesn’t start because of unknown runlevel
- [WayBack] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/482314
The suggested rpm and zypper history from [WayBack] I would like to see a list of updates installed on a certain date in a local openSUSE 12.1’s YaST2. didn’t reveal anything wrong.
A workaround was suggested on IRC: start named in /etc/init.d/after.local:
# Author: Werner Fink, 2010 # # /etc/init.d/after.local # # script with local commands to be executed from init after all scripts # of a runlevel have been executed. # # Here you should add things, that should happen directly after # runlevel has been reached. # # Please note that the use of this script is deprecated and should be # avoided for starting commands. You should consider creating a dedicated # systemd service instead. # systemctl start named.service
This reminded I mentioned that script in Easy Running of Scripts at Boot and Shutdown – SUSE Blog | SUSE Communities.
It worked: after a reboot, named was started:
# rcnamed status
Checking for nameserver BIND
version: BIND 9.10.4-P5
boot time: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:06:58 GMT
last configured: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:06:58 GMT
CPUs found: 1
worker threads: 1
UDP listeners per interface: 1
number of zones: 103
debug level: 0
xfers running: 0
xfers deferred: 0
soa queries in progress: 0
query logging is OFF
recursive clients: 0/0/1000
tcp clients: 0/100
server is up and running running
● named.service - LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/named; generated; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-04-28 18:06:59 CEST; 2min 15s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1101 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/named start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/named.service
└─1323 /usr/sbin/named -t /var/lib/named -u named
—jeroen
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| # systemctl status named | |
| ● named.service – LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named | |
| Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/named; generated; vendor preset: disabled) | |
| Active: inactive (dead) | |
| Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) |
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| # journalctl –unit named –catalog –pager-end | |
| Apr 28 13:19:27 laurel systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named… | |
| — Subject: Unit named.service has begun shutting down | |
| — Defined-By: systemd | |
| — Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel | |
| — | |
| — Unit named.service has begun shutting down. | |
| Apr 28 13:19:28 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 192.168.124.27#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:28 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 192.168.124.27#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: received control channel command 'stop' | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: shutting down: flushing changes | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on ::#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on ::#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53 | |
| Apr 28 13:19:32 laurel named[20360]: exiting | |
| Apr 28 13:19:34 laurel named[30705]: Shutting down name server BIND waiting for named to shut down ..done | |
| Apr 28 13:19:34 laurel systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named. | |
| — Subject: Unit named.service has finished shutting down | |
| — Defined-By: systemd | |
| — Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel | |
| — | |
| — Unit named.service has finished shutting down. |
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| /var/lib/named/log/general.log | |
| 28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.465 general: shutting down: flushing changes | |
| 28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.468 general: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953 | |
| 28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.622 general: exiting |
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| /var/lib/named/log/named.log | |
| 28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.489 network: no longer listening on ::#53 | |
| 28-Apr-2017 13:19:32.489 network: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53 |
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| # systemctl is-enabled named | |
| named.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install. | |
| Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install is-enabled named | |
| enabled | |
| # systemctl is-active named | |
| inactive | |
| # systemctl is-failed named | |
| inactive |
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| # systemctl cat named | |
| # /run/systemd/generator.late/named.service | |
| # Automatically generated by systemd-sysv-generator | |
| [Unit] | |
| Documentation=man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) | |
| SourcePath=/etc/init.d/named | |
| Description=LSB: Domain Name System (DNS) server, named | |
| Before=nss-lookup.target | |
| After=network-online.target | |
| After=ldap.service | |
| Wants=nss-lookup.target | |
| Wants=network-online.target | |
| [Service] | |
| Type=forking | |
| Restart=no | |
| TimeoutSec=5min | |
| IgnoreSIGPIPE=no | |
| KillMode=process | |
| GuessMainPID=no | |
| RemainAfterExit=yes | |
| SuccessExitStatus=5 6 | |
| ExecStart=/etc/init.d/named start | |
| ExecStop=/etc/init.d/named stop | |
| ExecReload=/etc/init.d/named reload |
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| # zypper install etckeeper | |
| # zypper install tmux | |
| # zypper install joe | |
| # zypper install man | |
| # zypper dist-upgrade | |
| # zypper install yast2-sudo | |
| # zypper install nmap | |
| # zypper install findutils-locate | |
| # zypper install bind | |
| # zypper install patterns-openSUSE-yast2_install_wf | |
| # zypper install patterns-openSUSE-yast2_basis | |
| # zypper install postfix | |
| # zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware/openSUSE_Factory_ARM/hardware.repo |
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