Getting BIND(dns) to restart automatically

First correct /etc/hosts ......
http://support.cpanel.net/obb/read.php?TID=1346

/scripts/ipcheck will give you some more specifics as well-

You can write a cron that checks if named is running every minute and then have it restart it if it finds it is not.
(/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart)

I don't understand why the nameserver would crash without any details in /var/log/messages or /var/log/bind , however- there should be some details somewhere.

 

Better would be to check if it is actually a running process
ps aux | grep named --- then.... take action, etc.

That is much, much safer way of doing this....

 

those are flags for the process command.
a linux sys admin how-to book would be helpful at this point.

or type &man ps&

 

create a file here /etc/chkserv.d/named with service[named]=nslookup,x,x,/etc/init.d/named restart in it, this will automatically restart bind on fail.

 

smae thing, only different

i'm having the same problem with apache not restarting. Would this same kind of thing work for me? If so, can you tell me step by step how to do it. (keeping in mind that i'm still waiting for the "cpanel for dummies" book to come out). I learn so much here!!

 

Listing of chkserv.d files locate in /etc/chkserv.d

FOR APACHE:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[apache]=80,GET / HTTP/1.0,HTTP/1..,/scripts/checkmaxclients;killall -TERM httpd;sleep 2;killall -9 httpd;/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop;/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd startssl;/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl;/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd_start;/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

FOR BIND:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[bind]=x,x,x,/scripts/restartsrv bind,named,named|root|bind

FOR EXIM:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[exim]=25,QUIT,220,/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim stop;/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim stop;/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim stop;/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim start
service[imap]=143,A001 LOGOUT,* OK,/scripts/restartsrv imap

FOR INTERCHANGE:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[interchange]=x,x,x,/usr/local/cpanel/bin/startinterchange,interchange,cpanel

FOR MYSQL:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[mysql]=x,x,x,/scripts/restartsrv mysql,mysqld_safe|safe_mysqld,mysql|root

FOR FTP:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[ftpd]=21,QUIT,220,/scripts/restartsrv ftpserver

FOR SYSLOGS:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[syslogd]=x,x,x,/scripts/restartsrv syslogd,syslogd,root

FOR TOMCAT: **REQUIRES EXTRA TOMCAT CONFIGURATION AS WELL
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[Tomcat_JSP]=8082,GET / HTTP/1.0,HTTP/1..,/usr/sbin/stoptomcat;/usr/sbin/starttomcat

FOR WEBMAIL:
#SERVICE = PORT, SEND, RESPONSE, RESTART COMMAND
service[webmail]=2095,GET / HTTP/1.0,HTTP/1..,/scripts/ckillall -9 webmaild;/usr/local/cpanel/webmaild