Why running /etc/init.d/named status displays"named dead but pid file exists" ?

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Issue

  • Running /etc/init.d/named status displays"named dead but pid file exists" 
        service named status
        number of zones: 174
        debug level: 0
        xfers running: 0
        xfers deferred: 0
        soa queries in progress: 0
        query logging is ON
        recursive clients: 0/1000
        tcp clients: 0/100
        server is up and running
        named dead but pid file exists

Environment

  • RHEL 5

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