Problem with hint file?

[Kevin Darcy]

andlil at towerrecords.com wrote:

> Hi, I just built BIND 8.2.2P5 on an AIX box and am having a problem.  I am
> probably missing something really obvious, but I'm stumped.
>
> The issue is, if I try to start named with an essentially "normal"
> named.conf file (for instance one that I grabbed off of a BSDI box of mine
> that is running BIND 8.2 also, or the one generated from my old named.conf
> file |'ed through named-bootconf), the service starts, and within 1 second
> or less, dies.
>
> If, however, I rename the hint file or remove the entry for the hint zone
> in my named.conf file, named runs fine.  (Well, it runs fine for local
> zones, but obviously cannot perform externa lookups).
>
> Any ideas?  I've tried at least 4 different hint files and all seem to
> exhibit this issue.

What does syslog have to say about this? Is there a core file?


- Kevin