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authorInternet Software Consortium, Inc <@isc.org>2007-09-07 14:14:04 -0600
committerLaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>2007-09-07 14:14:04 -0600
commit30bca935d5d0e0b54328f79de1af5e6b16e9d507 (patch)
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@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ A: This is often caused by TXT records with missing close quotes. Check that
all TXT records containing quoted strings have both open and close quotes.
-Q: How do I produce a usable core file from a multithreaded named
-on Linux?
+Q: How do I produce a usable core file from a multithreaded named on Linux?
-A: Apply the kernel patch found in bind9/linux/coredump-patch and rebuild
-the kernel. This patch causes multithreaded programs to dump the correct
-thread.
+A: If the Linux kernel is 2.4.7 or newer, multithreaded core dumps
+are usable (that is, the correct thread is dumped). Otherwise, if using
+a 2.2 kernel, apply the kernel patch found in contrib/linux/coredump-patch
+and rebuild the kernel. This patch will cause multithreaded programs to dump
+the correct thread.
Q: How do I restrict people from looking up the server version?
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ Q: I keep getting log messages like the following. Why?
Jun 21 12:00:00.000 client 10.0.0.1#1234: update denied
-Someone is trying to update your DNS data using the RFC2136 Dynamic
+A: Someone is trying to update your DNS data using the RFC2136 Dynamic
Update protocol. Windows 2000 machines have a habit of sending dynamic
update requests to DNS servers without being specifically configured to
do so. If the update requests are coming from a Windows 2000 machine,
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ Q: I see a log message like the following. Why?
couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied
-You are most likely running named as a non-root user, and that user
+A: You are most likely running named as a non-root user, and that user
does not have permission to write in /var/run. The common ways of
fixing this are to create a /var/run/named directory owned by the named
user and set pid-file to "/var/run/named/named.pid", or set