Cannot stop named (BIND 9 DNS Server)

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named is a runaway train.

$ sudo rndc stop
$ sudo rndc status
version: 9.6.0-APPLE-P2
...
server is up and running


$ sudo killall named
$ top -l 1 | grep named
7117 named 0.0 00:00.01 1 0 16+ 35+ 2804K+ 1580K+ 4080K+ 19M+ 2381M+ 7113 7113 sleeping 0 1176+ 68+ 183+ 73+ 314+ 132+ 30+ 0 root
7111 named 0.0 00:00.01 1 0 16+ 38+ 3920K+ 1580K+ 5256K+ 20M+ 2382M+ 7111 1 sleeping 0 1476+ 54+ 172+ 69+ 538+ 126+ 54+ 0 root


* launchctl does not know that named is running whatsoever (according to launchctl list).


* Contents of named.log:

16-May-2010 00:32:04.825 client 10.2.5.230#61512: query (cache) 'growl.info/A/IN' denied
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 received control channel command 'stop'
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 shutting down: flushing changes
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 169.254.33.195#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 10.0.2.1#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 10.3.6.195#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 10.211.55.2#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.670 no longer listening on 10.37.129.2#53
16-May-2010 00:33:44.671 exiting
16-May-2010 00:33:44.690 running


* Contents of system.log:

May 16 00:39:39 ComputerName-3 sudo[7075]: username : TTY=ttys002 ; PWD=/Users/username ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/rndc stop
May 16 00:39:39 ComputerName-3 named[7076]: starting BIND 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 -f
May 16 00:39:39 ComputerName-3 named[7076]: built with '--prefix=/usr' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--sysconfdir=/private/etc' '--localstatedir=/private/var' '--enable-atomic=no' 'CFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -Os -pipe ' 'LDFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc ' 'CXXFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -Os -pipe '
May 16 00:39:39 ComputerName-3 named[7076]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953


* I used the following info when setting up BIND:
http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=How_To:_Enable_BIND_-_Mac_OS_X's_Built-in_DNS_Server

 

[Fire]

PLEASE HELP ME KILL MY DNS SERVER!

Any help? I am unable to reach several important websites due to this damn DNS server!!! You'd think this would be easy to do...

 

[Fire]

Solution:

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist

From:
http://wiki.hiit.fi/display/it/Starting+and+stopping+daemons+in+OS+X

Despite the fact that launchctl list did not show org.isc.named whatsoever, loading it in and then unloading it solved the problem of named constantly restarting itself.