pardon my mistake. attached to this email is an improved patch. bind9 should be providing both "bind9" and "$named", not just "named".
diff -ruN bind9-9.4.1-P1.orig/debian/bind9.init bind9-9.4.1-P1/debian/bind9.init
--- bind9-9.4.1-P1.orig/debian/bind9.init 2007-11-17 06:07:43.000000000 -0500
+++ bind9-9.4.1-P1/debian/bind9.init 2007-11-17 07:23:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
#!/bin/sh
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: bind9 $named
+# Required-Start: $syslog $local_fs $remote_fs $network
+# Required-Stop: $syslog $local_fs $remote_fs $network
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start and stop bind9
+# Description: bind9 is a Domain Name Server (DNS)
+# which translates ip addresses to and from internet names
+### END INIT INFO
+#
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
@@ -6,6 +18,7 @@
# Don't modify this line, change or create /etc/default/bind9.
OPTIONS=""
RESOLVCONF=yes
+PIDFILE=/var/run/bind/run/named.pid
test -f /etc/default/bind9 && . /etc/default/bind9
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@
fi
if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/named \
- --pidfile /var/run/bind/run/named.pid -- $OPTIONS; then
+ --pidfile $PIDFILE -- $OPTIONS; then
if [ "X$RESOLVCONF" != "Xno" ] && [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] ; then
echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a lo.named
fi
@@ -90,6 +103,21 @@
$0 start
;;
+ status)
+ if start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 0 --quiet --pid $PIDFILE >/dev/null; then
+ log_success_msg "bind is running"
+ exit 0
+ else
+ if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+ log_failure_msg "bind has failed"
+ exit 1
+ else
+ log_success_msg "bind is not running"
+ exit 3
+ fi
+ fi
+ ;;
+
*)
log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/bind9 {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
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