rndc reconfig: Unexpected end of input

[Mark Andrews]

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> On 29 Aug 2018, at 4:34 am, J David <j.david.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> After recently improving the tracking of errors coming from commands
> running from scripts, we found that a large number of “rndc reconfig”
> requests (about 15-20% of all requests) error out with exit status 1
> and the message:
> 
> rndc: ‘reconfig' failed: unexpected end of input
> 
> The “unexpected end of input” error is one that rndc usually issues if
> a parameter is missing.  For example, “rndc refresh” without providing
> a zone name on the command line.  But “rndc reconfig” doesn’t have any
> additional command line parameters.
> 
> In this case, the rndc reconfig is issued after adding a zone file to
> the configuration.
> 
> This is on BIND 9.12.2-P1 on FreeBSD 11.2, if that’s relevant.
> 
> Does anyone know what might be causing this error message?
> 
> Thanks for any advice!
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