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      phil.davis
      last edited by 

      crontab -l

      That does not work for me either.

      cat /etc/crontab

      and see what is there.
      Or instal the Cron package and you an see the cron jobs in the webGUI.

      As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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        Inq
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        $ cat /etc/crontab
        SHELL=/bin/sh
        PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
        HOME=/var/log
        #minute hour    mday    month  wday    who      command

        pfSense specific crontab entries

        Created: February 8, 2015, 6:13 pm

        1,31 0-5 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 adjkerntz -a
        1 3 1 * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
        */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 sshlockout
        1 1 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.dyndns.update
        */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 virusprot
        30 12 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_urltables
        */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 webConfiguratorlockout

        If possible do not add items to this file manually.

        If you do so, this file must be terminated with a blank line (e.g. new line)

        The problem with making something idiot proof is that the world keeps making better idiots.

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          macboy6
          last edited by

          I am going to have to assume this is the intended behaviour at this point.  It doesn't cause any adverse effects for me.

          I do have the OpenVPN client configured (in case this is somehow interacting with unbound) but it is constantly connected and not restarting.

          Would be nice to get confirmation from one of the developers though…

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            kejianshi
            last edited by

            No - Its not intentional (Unless mine is broken.  Unbound has been running without service restart for a week)

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              hda
              last edited by

              @macboy6:

              While troubleshooting another issue, I discovered frequent restarts (every hour) in the unbound log.  Is this normal or is something wrong?

              Related to your ISP lease renewal ? Status: System logs: General:
              …
              () check_reload_status: Starting packages
              () php-fpm[34310]: /rc.start_packages: Restarting/Starting all packages.
              …

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                macboy6
                last edited by

                Nope, nothing correlates in system logs.  I do have Dynamic DNS setup though but that only updates once per day, so doubt it's related.

                Cron jobs output:

                SHELL=/bin/sh
                PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
                HOME=/var/log
                #minute hour    mday    month  wday    who      command

                pfSense specific crontab entries

                Created: February 7, 2015, 8:05 pm

                1,31 0-5 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 adjkerntz -a
                1 3 1 * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
                */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 sshlockout
                */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 webConfiguratorlockout
                1 1 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.dyndns.update
                */60 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 virusprot
                30 12 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_urltables

                If possible do not add items to this file manually.

                If you do so, this file must be terminated with a blank line (e.g. new line)

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                  Inq
                  last edited by

                  One thing is clear in my case : Every time the dhcp service writes leases to leases file the unbound service restarts…every single time.

                  The problem with making something idiot proof is that the world keeps making better idiots.

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                    macboy6
                    last edited by

                    Inq - I just noticed that one of my network devices (Apple TV) was going crazy asking for dhcp every few seconds.  I did a clean install of 2.2 and didnt reboot some of my devices, which probably caused this issue.

                    I am now thinking that this issue could have been causing the frequent unbound resets.  I will monitor and update this thread.

                    Thanks,
                    Marco

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                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      It would be interesting and probably helpful to see your DHCP server setting and your unbound settings.

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                        macboy6
                        last edited by

                        Ok, this issue was definitely caused by a misconfiguration on my Apple TV (connected to both wired and wireless simultaneously).  This was causing the Apple TV to get stuck in a DHCP request loop (verified by DHCP logs).

                        In addition, I have the following setting in Unbound: Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver

                        Since I corrected the Apple TV issue, the hourly unbound restarts have stopped.

                        Thanks,
                        Marco

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                          kejianshi
                          last edited by

                          Sounds like something I see lots of people doing with laptops.  Plugging in wired while wireless is still on.  Same with IP Cams.

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                            wbond
                            last edited by

                            @Inq:

                            One thing is clear in my case : Every time the dhcp service writes leases to leases file the unbound service restarts…every single time.

                            I noticed the same thing the other day, unbound restarting every time the dhcp service wrote the leases file, about once an hour.  It hadn't been doing this until I changed the setting for "unwanted reply threshold" in the dns resolver advanced settings from disabled to 10 million.  I changed it back to disabled yesterday and unbound has not restarted since.  No idea what the relationship is, but there seems to be one.

                            edit: nevermind, changed another setting in dns resolver and now unbound is restarting at the same time the dhcp service writes the leases file again…

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                              kevindd992002
                              last edited by

                              I'm experiencing the same problem with Unbound. Does this mean that it's normal for it to restart if the option to "Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver" is enabled?

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                                Gertjan
                                last edited by

                                @wbond:

                                edit: nevermind, changed another setting in dns resolver and now unbound is restarting at the same time the dhcp service writes the leases file again…

                                I see the same thing: Unbound is restarting on every DHCPREQUEST - DHCPACK  sequence:
                                Status: System logs: DHCP log:

                                04-06-2015	09:49:36	Local7.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:49:37 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.2.235 from 78:3a:84:xx:34:1f (Philippes-Air) via sis0
04-06-2015	09:49:36	Local7.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:49:37 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.2.235 to 78:3a:84:xx:34:1f (Philippes-Air) via sis0
04-06-2015	09:49:36	User.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:49:37 dhcpleases: Sending HUP signal to dns daemon(53865)

                                I guess, when "Sending HUP signal to dns daemon" is fired, Unbound restarts.
                                At that moment, on the "Status: System logs: Resolver", I see (reversed time order):

                                04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Notice	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] notice: init module 0: iterator
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Notice	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.5.3.
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.524288    1.000000 1
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.262144    0.524288 2
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.131072    0.262144 1
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: [25%]=0.262144 median[50%]=0.393216 [75%]=0.524288
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.414164 sec
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 4 avg 1 exceeded 0 jostled 0
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 4 queries, 0 answers from cache, 4 recursions, 0 prefetch
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.524288    1.000000 4
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.262144    0.524288 5
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.131072    0.262144 3
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.065536    0.131072 3
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.032768    0.065536 3
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info:    0.016384    0.032768 1
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: [25%]=0.08192 median[50%]=0.240299 [75%]=0.484966
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.331678 sec
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 28 avg 3.36842 exceeded 0 jostled 0
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 25 queries, 6 answers from cache, 19 recursions, 0 prefetch
04-06-2015	09:52:08	Daemon.Info	192.168.1.1	Apr  6 09:52:09 unbound: [53865:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).

                                This means that unbound restart several times per minute … is this normal ???
                                Or is this what it is all about, the setting "DHCP Registration" on the "Services: DNS Resolver" page ?

                                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                  doktornotor Banned
                                  last edited by

                                  @Gertjan:

                                  Or is this what it is all about, the setting "DHCP Registration" on the "Services: DNS Resolver" page ?
                                  This means that unbound restart several times per minute … is this normal ???

                                  No, it's not normal. And in general, the "wheeeeeeeee something might have changed (99% of cases absolutely nothing at all changed and apinger just went haywire as usual) so lets restart all services and packages" mentality that pfSense has grown is an absolute disaster. (Recently, someone finally nuked this nonsense on routing packages like OpenBGPD/Quagga where it was making them just completely no-op.)

                                  Example of this madness: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4474

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                                    CiscoKid85
                                    last edited by

                                    I upgraded to 2.2.1 and this is still occurring very frequently for me.

                                    
Apr 7 18:46:45	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:46:45	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:36:50	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:36:50	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:31:39	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:31:39	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:26:56	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:26:56	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:21:31	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:21:31	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:17:00	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:17:00	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:10:10	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:10:09	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:09:23	unbound: [53511:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 7 18:09:23	unbound: [53511:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
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                                      Barnabas
                                      last edited by

                                      I have been having this problem also.
                                      I first thought it was BandwidthD, but I removed and did not help.

                                      Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 228 queries, 48 answers from cache, 180 recursions, 0 prefetch
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 20 avg 2.90556 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.291716 sec
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: [25%]=0.107241 median[50%]=0.236444 [75%]=0.40778
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.000000 0.000001 2
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.008192 0.016384 10
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 13
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 13
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 11
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 51
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 63
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 10
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 1.000000 2.000000 6
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 2.000000 4.000000 1
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.5.3.
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: init module 0: validator
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
Apr 11 18:03:42 	unbound: [76411:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.5.3).
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 36 queries, 4 answers from cache, 32 recursions, 0 prefetch
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 14 avg 3.96875 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.224321 sec
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: [25%]=0.104858 median[50%]=0.191567 [75%]=0.299593
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.008192 0.016384 1
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 2
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 2
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 5
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 13
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 7
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 1
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: 1.000000 2.000000 1
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.5.3.
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: init module 0: validator
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
Apr 11 18:07:39 	unbound: [76411:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.5.3).

                                      Any clues?

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                                        Barnabas
                                        last edited by

                                        I am also getting this in my system log

                                        Apr 11 19:19:52 	php-fpm[2552]: /services_unbound.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid bge0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.6 Copyright 2004-2014 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file. Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file. Wrote 12 leases to leases file. Listening on BPF/bge0/00:14:22:db:b4:a9/10.8.8.0/24 Sending on BPF/bge0/00:14:22:db:b4:a9/10.8.8.0/24 Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use Please make sure there is no other dhcp server running and that there's no entry for dhcp or bootp in /etc/inetd.conf. Also make sure you are not running HP JetAdmin software, which includes a bootp server. If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before requesting help. If yo

                                        DHCP doesn't like something…

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                                          kevindd992002
                                          last edited by

                                          Any solution to this?

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                                            CiscoKid85
                                            last edited by

                                            Is this a confirmed bug? If so, how can we report it? I'm having the same issue.

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