Resource temporarily unavailable error on Bind 8.2.1

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Tue Mar 14 21:15:42 UTC 2000


> I have:
>  
> forwarders {
>                 199.62.111.56; 
>         };
>         forward only;
> 
> in my named.conf file.  Sometimes I get this error:
> 
> named[930]: ns_forw: sendto([199.62.111.56].53): Resource temporarily
> unavailable
> 
> Then all Internet queries (only Internet queries) fail.  'looks like it
> may be a Solaris thing, but does anyone know how I can find out exactly
> what resource is unavailable?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

	It looks like the kernel has run out of buffers.  The only time
	I have seen this is when I managed to buffer up several minutes
	of traffic for a slip link.

	You need to look at all your IP traffic and work out where the
	excessive traffic is and hence what is causing this.

	Mark
> 
> -- 
> Anthony
> 
> 
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