Resolved DNS does not start anymore

[H.W.B]

Hello,

After updating CentOS (Kernel etc) and a restart of plesk my Bind (DNS) would not start any more.
The log shows
named-checkconf[1754]: /etc/named.conf:5: open: /var/named/chroot/etc/own_specifications.conf: file not found
Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).

The strange thing is, that the file own_configuration.conf is in the directory and is filled with data (not empty).

Already try repair -r but that does not solve the problem.

Can someone help please??

Henk

 

[H.W.B]

Message log files shows:

Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: Starting Generate rndc key for BIND (DNS)...
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: Started Generate rndc key for BIND (DNS).
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: Starting Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS)...
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk named-checkconf: /etc/named.conf:5: open: /var/named/chroot/etc/own_specifications.conf: file not found
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: named-chroot.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: Unit named-chroot.service entered failed state.
Aug 30 12:24:04 plesk systemd: named-chroot.service failed.

 

[mr-wolf]

named.conf is a symbolic link on mine....
Maybe it got overwritten one time without noticing....
Because your DNS-server has stopped it is now forced to use the current /etc/named.conf
It may have rejected the config before, but kept running...

Try this first

ls -l /etc/named.conf

If it's not a symbolic link then try this:

mv /etc/named.conf /etc/named.conf.strange
ln -s /var/named/run-root/etc/named.conf /etc/named.conf
ls -l /etc/named.conf
/etc/init.d/named start

 

[H.W.B]

Hello,

It is a sym-link to /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
I do not have a dir run-root. Only chroot.

Thank you

Henk

 

[mr-wolf]

ls -l /var/named/chroot/etc/

 

[H.W.B]

i found the problem and solved it. Thanks for the help.

 

[mr-wolf]

We would like to know what happened....
It would also help someone who has a similar problem....