Re: Bind 9 unknown option 'logging'

[Gerard Hooton <g.hooton@ucc.ie>]

On 12/06/15 15:31, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:21:26PM +0100, Gerard Hooton wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I already sent that was but before I subscribed to the list.
> >
> > I have included  the following in my named.conf
> >
> > logging {
> >    channel bind_log {
> >      file "/var/log/bind/bind.log" versions 3 size 5m;
> >      severity info;
> >      print-category yes;
> >      print-severity yes;
> >      print-time yes;
> >    };
> >    category default { bind_log; };
> >    category update { bind_log; };
> >    category update-security { bind_log; };
> >    category security { bind_log; };
> >    category queries { bind_log; };
> >    category lame-servers { null; };
> > };
> >
> > However I get the following error
> >
> > Jun 12 14:21:52 scoil named[7161]: loading configuration from
> > '/etc/bind/named.conf'
> > Jun 12 14:21:52 scoil named[7161]: /etc/bind/named.conf.log:1:
>                                            HERE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > unknown option 'logging'
> > Jun 12 14:21:52 scoil named[7161]: loading configuration: failure
> > Jun 12 14:21:52 scoil named[7161]: exiting (due to fatal error)
> >
> > I have the following
> > 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > BIND 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1
> Just a shot in the dark: your /etc/bind/named.conf seems to include
> /etc/bind/named.conf, which itself most probably has a "logging"
> stanza itself.
>
> Perhaps this error message is Bind9's idiosyncratic way to tell
> you that it doesn't like to see two logging entries?
>
> Anyway, it might seem better for the sysadmin's sanity to modify
> the logging stuff in /etc/bind/named.conf.log
>
> regards
> - -- tomás
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Thanks Tomás for you reply.
The only place that I have logging is in the named.conf.log which I 
include in named.conf as follows
include "/etc/bind/named.conf.log";

//Ger

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