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I am updating the /etc/named.conf for BIND. I can edit the file /etc/named.conf, but the systemctl daemon wants the //var/lib/named/etc/named.conf updated, but this is a read only filesystem.

How do I update the named.conf and make systemctl work with the daemon. Thank you.

Now, with the other systemd threads you put up in mind, first things first: What do you want to achieve in particular?
You want to run a local bind server? What for? Maybe a local caching server is enough?

Can you show some log excerpts of "systemctl daemon wants the //var/lib/named/etc/named.conf updated" and why is /var/lib a readonly filesystem?

OK, Doctor, thanks for your response.

I am running BIND, because I host a few domains (right now about 135). I've been doing this for a little while (since 1993).

I normally have a recipe on updating the configuration of Bind to support the definition of the domains which I am hosting, because the master and slave information are defined in the /etc/named.conf file (or in this case the chroo ted version being in /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf).

When I start the named service, I see the following:

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# service named restart Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart named.service Job for named.service failed. See 'systemctl status named.service' and 'journalctl -n' for details.

[root@ns ~]# systemctl status named.service
named.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon, 2013-12-09 07:48:17 EST; 1min 59s ago
Process: 2492 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/lib/named -z /etc/named.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 2471 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named on (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/named.service

Dec 09 07:48:17 ns.IT-Security-inc.com named-checkconf[2492]: /etc/named.conf:51: 'logging' redefined near 'logging'
Dec 09 07:48:17 ns.IT-Security-inc.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
Dec 09 07:48:17 ns.IT-Security-inc.com systemd[1]: Unit named.service entered failed state

I have updated the /etc/named.conf file, but another version is put into the /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf, as follows:

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# diff /etc/named.conf /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf 51,56c51,56 < //logging { < // channel default_debug { < // file "data/named.run"; < // severity dynamic; < // }; < //}; --- > logging { > channel default_debug { > file "data/named.run"; > severity dynamic; > }; > };

Attempting to update the chrooted version of named proceeds as follows:

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# cp /etc/named.conf /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf cp: overwrite â/var/lib/named/etc/named.confâ? y cp: cannot create regular file â/var/lib/named/etc/named.confâ: Read-only file system

This is what I am trying to resolve. I can work through the updates, but how do I get the update over to the chrooted, read-only filesystem on Mageia?

Thank you.,

Sorry, tried to reproduce this but here it works just fine. After installation of bind and no configuration:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl start bind.service Failed to issue method call: Unit bind.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status bind.service' for details. [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl start named.service [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl status named.service named.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS) Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon, 2013-12-09 14:14:09 CET; 6s ago Process: 4395 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/lib/named $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4392 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/lib/named -z /etc/named.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4362 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named on (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 4396 (named) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/named.service └ 4396 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/lib/named Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: using pre-chroot entropy source /dev/urandom Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: managed-keys-zone: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: zone 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: zone localhost.localdomain/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: zone 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: all zones loaded Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 named[4396]: running Dec 09 14:14:09 Mageia3 systemd[1]: Started Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS). [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ diff -u /etc/named.conf /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$

stopped it again to unmount the chroot and edited /etc/named.conf and uncommented logging as in your example:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl stop named.service [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo vi /etc/named.conf [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ grep -A6 logging /etc/named.conf //logging { // channel default_debug { // file "data/named.run"; // severity dynamic; // }; //}; [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$

started it again, and compared both configuration files, both are the same as expected:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl start named.service [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ sudo systemctl status named.service named.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS) Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon, 2013-12-09 14:16:34 CET; 4s ago Process: 4791 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named off (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4782 ExecStop=/bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/rndc stop > /dev/null 2>&1 || /bin/kill -TERM $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4999 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/lib/named $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4996 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/lib/named -z /etc/named.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 4965 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named on (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 5000 (named) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/named.service └ 5000 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/lib/named Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: managed-keys-zone: journal file is out of date: removing journal file Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: managed-keys-zone: loaded serial 3 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: zone 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: zone localhost.localdomain/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: zone 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0 Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: all zones loaded Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 systemd[1]: Started Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS). Dec 09 14:16:34 Mageia3 named[5000]: running [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$ diff -u /etc/named.conf /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf [doktor5000@Mageia3 SRPMS]$

Hmm, I am completely confused now.

But I think that I have found the problem.

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# df df: â/var/lib/named/etc/named.conf (deleted)â: No such file or directory Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / devtmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev tmpfs 4.0G 84K 4.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 4.0G 684K 4.0G 1% /run /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda7 16G 715M 14G 5% /var /dev/sda8 4.4G 9.3M 4.2G 1% /tmp ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/sysadm 32G 3.7G 27G 13% /sysadm ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/var/spool/mail 11G 1.8G 8.5G 18% /mail/spool/mail ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/home 44G 22G 23G 49% /home /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/rndc.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.iscdlv.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.root.key /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/openssl /dev/sda7 16G 715M 14G 5% /var/lib/named/var/named /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr/lib/bind [root@ns ~]#

The big question is, how on earth did this happen?

After unmounting the un-necessary mount points, I am presented with:

Code: Select all: df: â/var/lib/named/etc/named.conf (deleted)â: No such file or directory Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / devtmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev tmpfs 4.0G 84K 4.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 4.0G 684K 4.0G 1% /run /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda7 16G 716M 14G 5% /var /dev/sda8 4.4G 9.3M 4.2G 1% /tmp ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/sysadm 32G 3.7G 27G 13% /sysadm ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/var/spool/mail 11G 1.8G 8.5G 18% /mail/spool/mail ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/home 44G 22G 23G 49% /home /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/rndc.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.iscdlv.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.root.key /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/openssl /dev/sda7 16G 716M 14G 5% /var/lib/named/var/named

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# service named stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop named.service

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# df df: â/var/lib/named/etc/named.conf (deleted)â: No such file or directory Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / devtmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev tmpfs 4.0G 84K 4.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 4.0G 684K 4.0G 1% /run /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda7 16G 716M 14G 5% /var /dev/sda8 4.4G 9.3M 4.2G 1% /tmp ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/sysadm 32G 3.7G 27G 13% /sysadm ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/var/spool/mail 11G 1.8G 8.5G 18% /mail/spool/mail ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/home 44G 22G 23G 49% /home /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/rndc.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.iscdlv.key /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% /var/lib/named/etc/named.root.key /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /var/lib/named/usr/lib/openssl /dev/sda7 16G 716M 14G 5% /var/lib/named/var/named

Code: Select all: [root@ns ~]# umount /var/lib/named/etc/rndc.key /var/lib/named/etc/named.iscdlv.key /var/lib/named/etc/named.root.key /var/lib/named/usr/lib/bind /var/lib/named/usr/lib/openssl /var/lib/named/var/named [root@ns ~]# df df: â/var/lib/named/etc/named.conf (deleted)â: No such file or directory Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / devtmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev tmpfs 4.0G 84K 4.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 4.0G 684K 4.0G 1% /run /dev/sda1 4.5G 285M 4.0G 7% / /dev/sda6 7.6G 3.9G 3.4G 54% /usr tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda7 16G 716M 14G 5% /var /dev/sda8 4.4G 9.3M 4.2G 1% /tmp ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/sysadm 32G 3.7G 27G 13% /sysadm ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/var/spool/mail 11G 1.8G 8.5G 18% /mail/spool/mail ns5.gigabit.ABS-CompTech.com:/home 44G 22G 23G 49% /home [root@ns ~]# [root@ns ~]#

Yet I still cannot update the /etc/named.conf file for the chrooted directory. (and why is df reporting:

df: â/var/lib/named/etc/named.conf (deleted)â: No such file or directory

This is so unnatural for a Linux distribution behavior. I still do not understand what is blocking named.conf.

Please next time use code tags as explained in ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mandriva/m ... e_tags.ogv

As I don't know what you did previous to this, seems like the chroot has been overmounted quite a few times.
What did you do? Even when I'm using service named reload or restart cannot reproduce this behaviour.

You could take a look at the command you've used and the content of the system named service file and the chroot script:

Code: Select all: /usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service /usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh

PS:
As you got quite some issues with systemd and services, maybe this is an issue with your overall system setup or customizations,
like separate mounts or that dedicated /tmpfs thing or something else. You should first check if those issues don't stem from that.

Would be nice if you could open a separate thread for that ...

Thank you very much!

One down, and more to go!

the section that made the most sense was the /usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service file.

Running the process:

ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named off

Manually (i.e. /usr/sbin/setup-named-chroot.sh /var/lib/named off), resolved the case of the named.conf file on a read-only filesystem.

Wow, that was painful! Hopefully the rest are simpler from here on in. Thank you again for the advice and information.

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