[Pdns-users] newbie pdns crashing on startup

[Dave Corsello]

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Dave Corsello wrote:
> Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
>> Sometimes in situations like this it can be helpful to run strace (or 
>> your platforms equivalent).  On linux something like:
>>
>> strace -o /tmp/pdns.trace -f /usr/bin/pdns
>>
>> will generate list of system calls in /tmp/pdns.trace -- it might 
>> give a hint as to what the process gets stuck on.
>>
>>
>>  - ask
>>
>
> Thanks a lot, Ask.  I don't know what to look for in the trace output, 
> so for what it's worth, here's a listing of all the calls that have a 
> return code of "-1":
>
> 5386  open("/etc/libmap.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/libstdc++.so.6", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  readlink("/etc/malloc.conf", 0xbfbfe557, 1024) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  mkdir("/var/run/", 0700)          = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
> 5386  ioctl(5, TIOCGETA, 0xbfbfe578)    = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate 
> ioctl for device)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_compat.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_nis.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_files.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/compat/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file or directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/local/lib/mysql/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No such file or directory)
> 5386  access("/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 5386  access("/usr/lib/nss_dns.so.1", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file 
> or directory)
> 5386  ioctl(5, TIOCGETA, 0xbfbfe578)    = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate 
> ioctl for device)
>
> The call that seems to be interrupted mid-stream is this one:
>
> 5386  setgid(0x3eans1
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>