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    Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile doesn't exist

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      mervincm
      last edited by

      in my DHCP system log I see this on startup

      Apr 21 14:09:37 dhcplease Sending HUP signal to dns daemon(49953) 
      Apr 21 14:09:37 dhcpleases Sending HUP signal to dns daemon(49953) 
      Apr 21 14:09:41 dhcpleases /etc/hosts changed size from original! 
      Apr 21 14:09:41 dhcpleases Sending HUP signal to dns daemon(49953) 
      Apr 21 14:09:41 dhcpleases Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process. 
      Apr 21 14:09:41 dhcpleases kqueue error: unkown 
      Apr 21 14:09:41 dhcpleases Sending HUP signal to dns daemon(68711) 
      

      1st I suspect thats a type in an error message (unkown) should be unknown
      2nd Where do I start with cleaning this up? isn't a hup signal an interprocess message? so dchpleases is communicating to unbound and failing?

      I didn't notice anything interesting in by DNS Resolver (unbound) log

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        mervincm
        last edited by

        This error goes away when I remove the checkmark from DHCP registration in DNS Resolver.  Comes back when I re-check it.

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          mervincm
          last edited by

          Found a reference that this may just be a cosmetic bug. I will ignore it unless issues come up.

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            strangegopher
            last edited by

            @MervinCM:

            Found a reference that this may just be a cosmetic bug. I will ignore it unless issues come up.

            That's what I thought as well.

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              4o4rh
              last edited by

              i have a new test install with nothing but DHCP and unbound configured for DHCP forwarding.

              I initially tried changing the etc/inc/services.inc
              /* If unbound is still running, wait up to 30 seconds for it to terminate. */
              for ($i=1; $i <= 30; $i++) {

              to 60sec but that did not solve.

              I can confirm, checking/unchecking the checkbox
              "DHCP Registration - Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver"
              causes the error to appear/disappear.

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                @gwaitsi said in Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile doesn't exist:

                unbound configured for DHCP forwarding.

                Huh?

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                  4o4rh @johnpoz
                  last edited by 4o4rh

                  @johnpoz "dhcpleases kqueue error: unkown"
                  @jimp there is a bug listed from Jim for 2.5 which seems to be the same as with 2.4.4_p2
                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9383

                  it appears on a vanilla install with only DHCP / DNS Resolver turned on on 2.4.4_p2

                  "DNS Query Forwarding" - Enable/Disabled - makes no difference to the error

                  "Register DHCP static mappings in the DNS Resolver" - Enable/Disabled - makes no difference to the error

                  the trigger for the error is "Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver"

                  • checked error occurs, unchecked no error

                  Error first appears immediately after boot and any time unbound is re-started

                  In 2.3.4 there was the same error, but for a different reason. But this can be ignored.
                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/2097/unbound-stop.diff

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