Re: ISC Bind crashes dialy, should I upgrade?

Vince De Mello <vince@microbotics.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Peter,

> Thanks for your reply. I carried out the command uname -a and got the
> following result:

> CYGWIN_NT-5.0 server1 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown
( Oh my G. it's "running" on nt ...)

> I then tried to do named -v and got:

> 'named' is not recognised as an internal or external command operable
> program or batch file.

> Does this mean I have a very old version of BIND?

t might and it might not. Unless "named" is in your $PATH it wont
be found if it's not in your current directory. Try serch for named.exe


> Should I go to isc.org to get the latest BIND version? Please clarify as I
> am very nervous about dabbling in this area.

You _should_ be careful.

I have no very little experience of bind-under-NT ( or any nameserver
under NT, except replacing them with freebsd+bind. This action
is so far very successful with various dns-related problems.

> Thanks

> Vince

> <phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu> wrote in message
> news:c6jqtp$14og$1@sf1.isc.org...
>> Vince De Mello <vince@microbotics.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > Please forgive my ignorance but I am new to ISC bind.
>>
>> > I have a Windows 2000 server running IIS5. Recently I noticed that our
> ISC
>> > Bind service kept stopping on a daily basis and had to be restarted.
>> > I noticed the following errors in my log file which occured at the
> moment of
>> > the crash.
>>
>> > socket c:2230: fatal error:
>> > select() failed: Socket operation on non-socket
>> > exiting (due to fatal error in library)
>>
>> > Can anyone shed any light on this?
>>
>> It's fatal all right.
>>
>> > I am also trying to figure out what version of ISC Bind I am running.
> Can
>> > somone please explain to me in simple terms how I can find this out?
>>
>> First your OS ans version is interesting, usually the command
>> 'uname -a' will reveal all needed information.
>>
>> Then 'named -v' will ( for modern bind's) spit out a line or two :
>> > named -v
>> named 8.3.4-REL Thu Apr 3 08:26:42 GMT 2003
>> root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
>>
>> or
>>
>> > named -v
>> BIND 9.2.3
>>
>>
>> Older bind's might not tell us anything ( but in that case your really
> should
>> update)
>>
>>
>> > I suspect I may have to upgrade the ISC Bind software to the latest
> version.
>> > I have never done this before and would like to know what this involves
> and
>> > what risks are involved. I would like to keep any downtime to a minimum.
>> > Hopefully it is simply a case of running the self install application.
>>
>> Most vendors has ready-made packages that you install the same way
>> as you install other software.
>>
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>> > Vince
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Håkanson
>> IPSec Sverige ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
>> Sorry about my e-mail address, but i'm trying to keep spam out,
>> remove "icke-reklam" if you feel for mailing me. Thanx.
>>



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Peter Håkanson
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