[OpenIndiana-discuss] problem with dns/server:default

russell stream at willows7.myzen.co.uk
Tue Sep 30 15:40:00 UTC 2025


Hi

After removing two largest RPZ zones from the BIND configuration and 
restarting the service it has been stable.

Kind Regards

Russell

On 2025-09-29 16:17, russell wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> When I use "svcadm enable dns/server:default" named starts but 
> eventually stops after around 10 mins
>
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla svc.startd[9]: [ID 122153 daemon.warning] 
> svc:/network/dns/server:default: Method or service exit timed out.  
> Killing contract 112.
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla svc.startd[9]: [ID 748625 daemon.error] 
> network/dns/server:default timed out: transitioned to maintenance (see 
> 'svcs -xv' for details)
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla fmd: [ID 377184 daemon.error] SUNW-MSG-ID: 
> SMF-8000-YX, TYPE: defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: major
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla EVENT-TIME: Mon Sep 29 15:17:00 BST 2025
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla PLATFORM: MS-7C56, CSN: To-be-filled-by-O.E.M., 
> HOSTNAME: tesla
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla SOURCE: software-diagnosis, REV: 0.1
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla EVENT-ID: 99c3a4a0-abbb-4f93-ac90-ab824f2bb0fc
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla DESC: A service failed - a start, stop or 
> refresh method failed.
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla   Refer to http://illumos.org/msg/SMF-8000-YX 
> for more information.
> Sep 29 15:17:00 tesla AUTO-RESPONSE: The service has been placed into 
> the maintenance state.
>
> If however I login as root and run "/usr/sbin/named -u named" it runs 
> with issue for over an hour before I stop it.
> Any suggestions how to troubleshoot this?
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> Russell
>


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