Disabled named filling logs after DA DNS action

Spyder01

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Hi,

I have a CentOS 8 server and disabled named (systemctl disable named). I use PowerDNS with BIND backend instead. That is working smooth, but after a DNS change in DirectAdmin the /var/log/messages log is filled with named stuff. I found in the /scripts map of DirectAdmin a named script, replaced that with exit 0; but that wasn`t the solution.

So, I don`t know where it is triggered and how to stop this. It's filling up the logs and that isn`t what I want, because it's correct named is inactive.

Any suggestions?

Code:
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 systemd[1]: named.service: Unit cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 bash[218604]: /var/named/redactedforprivacybyme.com.db:23: TTL set to prior TTL (3600)
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: starting BIND 9.11.13-RedHat-9.11.13-6.el8_2.1 (Extended Support Version) <id:ad4df16>
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: running on Linux x86_64 4.18.0-193.28.1.el8_2.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 22 00:20:22 UTC 2020
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: built with '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-python=/usr/libexec/platform-python' '--with-libtool' '--localstatedir=/var' '--enable-threads' '--enable-ipv6' '--enable-filter-aaaa' '--with-pic' '--disable-static' '--includedir=/usr/include/bind9' '--with-tuning=large' '--with-libidn2' '--enable-openssl-hash' '--with-geoip2' '--enable-native-pkcs11' '--with-pkcs11=/usr/lib64/pkcs11/libsofthsm2.so' '--with-dlopen=yes' '--with-dlz-ldap=yes' '--with-dlz-postgres=yes' '--with-dlz-mysql=yes' '--with-dlz-filesystem=yes' '--with-dlz-bdb=yes' '--with-gssapi=yes' '--disable-isc-spnego' '--with-lmdb=no' '--with-cmocka' '--enable-fixed-rrset' '--with-docbook-xsl=/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets' '--enable-full-report' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS= -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld' 'CPPFLAGS= -DDIG_SIGCHASE' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig'
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: running as: named -u named -c /etc/named.conf
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: compiled by GCC 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: compiled with OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1c FIPS  28 May 2019
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: linked to OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1c FIPS  28 May 2019
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: compiled with libxml2 version: 2.9.7
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: linked to libxml2 version: 20910
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: compiled with zlib version: 1.2.11
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: linked to zlib version: 1.2.11
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: threads support is enabled
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: ----------------------------------------------------
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: BIND 9 is maintained by Internet Systems Consortium,
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: Inc. (ISC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) public-benefit
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: corporation.  Support and training for BIND 9 are
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: available at https://www.isc.org/support
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: ----------------------------------------------------
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: adjusted limit on open files from 262144 to 1048576
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: found 2 CPUs, using 2 worker threads
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: using 1 UDP listener per interface
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: using up to 21000 sockets
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: unable to open '/etc/bind.keys'; using built-in keys instead
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: looking for GeoIP2 databases in '/usr/share/GeoIP'
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: opened GeoIP2 database '/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb'
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: opened GeoIP2 database '/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-City.mmdb'
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: using default UDP/IPv4 port range: [32768, 60999]
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: using default UDP/IPv6 port range: [32768, 60999]
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on IPv6 interfaces, port 53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on all IPv6 interfaces failed
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: creating IPv4 interface lo failed; interface ignored
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, xx.xxx.xx.xx#53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: creating IPv4 interface eth0 failed; interface ignored
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: not listening on any interfaces
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: unable to listen on any configured interfaces
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on IPv6 interfaces, port 53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: listening on all IPv6 interfaces failed
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: additionally listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: creating IPv4 interface lo failed; interface ignored
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: additionally listening on IPv4 interface eth0, xx.xxx.xx.xx#53
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: could not listen on UDP socket: address in use
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: creating IPv4 interface eth0 failed; interface ignored
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: loading configuration: failure
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 named[218608]: exiting (due to fatal error)
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 systemd[1]: named.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Nov 16 22:26:01 server01 systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 16 22:35:01 server01 systemd[1]: named.service: Unit cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
 
PowerDNS is not natively supported in DA. There is a feature request you can upvote on the feedback site.
 
I know, but that is not the issue. As mentioned everything works. Named is disabled but somehow DA tries to do stuff so it fills the log. That is the only issue and which I would like to have solved.
 
I discovered that there was an article on the site which stated to change the named.service, I did that en it fixed the log filling.
 
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