Problem with bind 8.2.2P5

[G. Roderick Singleton]

BoB Miorelli wrote:
> 
> I installed bind 8.2.2P5 on my internal nameserver systems.
> 
> I started having a problem.  Syslog reports:
> 
> Dec 12 20:58:14 ns.dom.ain named[22914]: db_load could not open: secondary-file-name: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> Once this starts, I get one a minute or so, all with different domains
> I am a secondary for and that zone then fails on DNS lookups.
> 
> If I do a 'ndc reload' it clears up for some number of hours and begins
> again, usually in the late evening.  The system does not appear
> to be overloaded.
> 
> I'm running Solaris 2.5.1 and compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3

This version of gcc is a tad buggy for my taste. May I suggest
replacing it with the current version. (http://sunfreeware.com/)
At least this will give you an improved compile environment.

> 
> The open(2) man page indicates that the file may be locked, but I can't
> see where it is locked.
> 
> Any help in fixing this will be most appreciated.
> 
> -->BoB
> 
> --
> 
> -->BoB Miorelli, CSC (Pratt & Whitney Account)
> miorelli at pratt-whitney.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In theory, theory and practice are the same;
> in practice they are distinct.

lsof() can be had at the same site and should help track down the
problem.
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