[cobalt-users] DNS doesn't reload from Web interface

["Filip Sneppe (Cronos)" <filip.sneppe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I recently migrated some sites to a RaQ550 and created two DNS zones
using the web interface. All this went just fine. 
Last friday I installed all remaining security updates (quite a few) 
in what I believe to be the correct order.

I now realize that, when I make a change to the DNS configuration,
and click on the "apply changes now" button, I get no error
from the webinterface, but named doesn't get reloaded.
If I run "/etc/init.d/named reload" from the commandline, the
DNS changes take effect. 

Obviously I'd like to know how to make sure that DNS changes 
can get activated from the web interface again.

Here's what I get in /var/log/messages after adding a PTR
record (192.168.2.11 pointing to dummy.dummy.com) and 
applying the changes via the web interface:

Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client 6:[15:1591]: CREATE 
"DnsRecord" "network" "=" "192.168.2.0/24" "netmask" "=" "255.255.255.0"
"type" "=" "PTR" "domainname" "=" "dummy.com" "ipaddr" "="
"192.168.2.11" "hostname" "=" "dummy" 
Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/setdirty.pl: SET  1 . DNS dirty = 1059002881 
Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/setdirty.pl: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/fixnetwork.pl: SET  898 network = "192.168.2.0/24" 
Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/fixnetwork.pl: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:01 kobe cced(smd)[3444]: client 6:[15:1591]: CREATE
succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:17 kobe cced(smd)[3460]: client 6:[15:1588]: SET  1 . DNS
"commit" "=" "1059002883" 
Jul 24 01:28:17 kobe cced(smd)[3460]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET  1 . DNS dirty = 0 
Jul 24 01:28:17 kobe cced(smd)[3460]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:18 kobe cced(smd)[3460]: client 6:[15:1588]: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:32 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client 6:[15:1566]: SET  1 . DNS
"zone_format_24" "=" "%4/%n.%3.%2.%1.in-addr.arpa" "caching" "=" "1"
"zone_format" "=" "RFC2317" "zone_format_8" "=" "%2/%n.%1.in-addr.arpa"
"default_ttl" "=" "86400" "commit" "=" "1059002898" "default_expire" "="
"604800" "zone_xfer_ipaddr" "=" "" "zone_format_16" "="
"%3/%n.%2.%1.in-addr.arpa" "default_retry" "=" "3600" "zone_format_0"
"=" "%1/%n.in-addr.arpa" "admin_email" "=" "" "default_refresh" "="
"10800" "forwarders" "=" "" "enabled" "=" "1" 
Jul 24 01:28:32 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET  1 . DNS dirty = 0 
Jul 24 01:28:32 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:34 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client 6:[15:1566]: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:34 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client 6:[15:1566]: SET  1 . DNS
"commit" "=" "1059002883" 
Jul 24 01:28:34 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET  1 . DNS dirty = 0 
Jul 24 01:28:34 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client
6:handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl: SET succeeded
Jul 24 01:28:35 kobe cced(smd)[3517]: client 6:[15:1566]: SET succeeded

I suspect it's got something to do with the file
/usr/sausalito/handlers/base/dns/dns_generate.pl
and dns_restart.pl in that same directory...

I am not sure how I can trigger that dns_restart.pl
gets run after I hit the "apply all changes" button.

Also, there's a file /usr/sausalito/conf/base/dns/base-dns.conf
that's probably relevant to my problem too. It contains
the following (not all lines are shown):

Network.ipaddr                  perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
Network.netmask                 perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP

System.dns                      perl:base/dns/dns_auto_enable.pl CLEANUP

System.hostname                 perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.domainname               perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.enabled              perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.caching              perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.commit               perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_format          perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_format_24       perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_format_16       perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_format_8        perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_format_0        perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.zone_xfer_ipaddr     perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE
System.DNS.forwarders           perl:base/dns/dns_generate.pl CONFIGURE

System.DNS.enabled              perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.caching              perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.commit               perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_format          perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_format_24       perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_format_16       perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_format_8        perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_format_0        perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.zone_xfer_ipaddr     perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP
System.DNS.forwarders           perl:base/dns/dns_restart.pl CLEANUP

But I don't know how this file fits into the whole
picture of named reloads from the web interface.

Any pointers as to what may be going wrong here are
appreciated!

Regards,
Filip