OpenExchange Name Server Does Not Start
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Q:
I'm using the SUSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4.1. When I try to start the name server BIND 9, I get this error message:
Starting name server BIND 9
/etc/named.d/ldap.dump:25: open:
/etc/named.conf.include: too many open files
A:
The file /etc/named.d/ldap.dump contains the following instructions:
# Include the meta include file generated by SUSEconfig.named. This includes
# all files as configured in NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES from
# /etc/sysconfig/named
include "/etc/named.conf.include";
Disable the following include instruction by inserting a comment sign at the beginning of the line:
#include "/etc/named.conf.include";
Then start the name server.
rcnamed start
If the name server still does not start, search for the following lines in the file /var/log/messages:
Dec 12 17:08:45 linux named[25739]: starting BIND 9.2.2 -t /var/named -u named
Dec 12 17:08:49 linux named[25740]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Dec 12 17:08:49 linux named[25740]: /etc/named.conf.include:1: open: /etc/named.d/named.keys: file not found
Then open the file /etc/sysconfig/named and insert the entry "named.keys ldap.dump" in the line
NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES
After inserting the entries, the line should look like this:
NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES="named.keys ldap.dump"
Finally restart the name server.
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