[Samba] bind crashes after samba upgrade

[Rowland Penny]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:05:21 -0500
Sonic via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Finally biting the bullet and upgrading some old Samba servers.
> This particular server is running 4.10.16 and as a first step I'm
> attempting to upgrade it to 4.12.15 (I think I remember something
> about 4.11.x not handling the upgrade properly).
> 
> Samba seems to run OK but bind9 will crash when loading the dns with
> dlopen: ==================
> named[25566]: sizing zone task pool based on 0 zones
> named[25566]: Loading 'AD DNS Zone' using driver dlopen
> bind9.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV
> kwsrvr01 rndc[25581]: rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection
> refused systemd[1]: bind9.service: Control process exited,
> code=exited status=1 systemd[1]: bind9.service: Unit entered failed
> state systemd[1]: bind9.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
> ==================
> Bind will start fine if I disable referencing Samba's named.conf file
> (and I am using the proper version), but of course it's practically
> useless without the database.
> 
> Any assistance is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Chris
> 

First, Merry Christmas :-)

Lets try to help you with your problem (in between cooking the
Christmas dinner ).

I think the place to start is with your named.conf file.

Rowland