Why does bind throw the error "socket.c:4373: unexpected error"?

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Issue

  • Why does bind throw the error "socket.c:4373: unexpected error" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ?
named[xxxx]: socket.c:4373: unexpected error: 
named[xxxx]: 22/Invalid argument 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • bind

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