DNS server stops responding to lookups
Issue
- A DNS server configured on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 stops responding to DNS queries.
- A restart required to restore services.
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The DNS process stops servicing requests with the following messages in the logs
Aug 11 05:55:02 dns1 out of memory [4918] Aug 11 06:00:03 dns1 out of memory [4918] Aug 11 06:05:06 dns1 out of memory [4918] Aug 11 06:08:18 dns1 out of memory [4918] Aug 11 06:11:03 dns1 out of memory [4918]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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