Description of problem: On this system a local bind instance is the only way to resolve addresses cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by NetworkManager search foo nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver ::1 The named service is supposed to be started at all network runlevels chkconfig --list named named 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off However after boot it is not started at all and it is not even listed by systemctl as a failed service systemctl UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION dev-hugepages.automount loaded active running Huge Pages File System Automount Point dev-mqueue.automount loaded active running POSIX Message Queue File System Automount Point proc-sys...misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point sys-kern...ebug.automount loaded active waiting Debug File System Automount Point sys-kern...rity.automount loaded active waiting Security File System Automount Point sys-devi...dc-sdc1.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6Y080L0 sys-devi...ock-sdc.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6Y080L0 sys-devi...et-eth0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-devi...et-eth1.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller sys-devi...da-sda1.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...da-sda2.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...da-sda3.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...ock-sda.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...db-sdb1.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...db-sdb2.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...db-sdb3.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...ock-sdb.device loaded active plugged Maxtor_6L300S0 sys-devi...ock-sr0.device loaded active plugged DVDR_PX-716A sys-devi...y-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0 sys-devi...y-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1 sys-devi...y-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2 sys-devi...y-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3 sys-devi...dm\x1d0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-0 sys-devi...dm\x1d1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-1 sys-devi...ock-md0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/md0 sys-devi...ock-md1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/md1 sys-devi...ty-tty0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0 sys-devi...ty-tty1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty1 sys-devi...y-tty10.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty10 sys-devi...y-tty11.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty11 sys-devi...y-tty12.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty12 sys-devi...ty-tty2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty2 sys-devi...ty-tty3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty3 sys-devi...ty-tty4.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty4 sys-devi...ty-tty5.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty5 sys-devi...ty-tty6.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty6 sys-devi...ty-tty7.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty7 sys-devi...ty-tty8.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty8 sys-devi...ty-tty9.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty9 -.mount loaded active mounted / boot.mount loaded active mounted /boot dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System home-nim-.gvfs.mount loaded active mounted /home/nim/.gvfs home.mount loaded active mounted /home proc-sys...fmt_misc.mount loaded active mounted Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System sys-fs-f...nections.mount loaded active mounted /sys/fs/fuse/connections abrtd.service loaded active running ABRT Automated Bug Reporting Tool amavisd.service loaded active running LSB: amavisd is an interface between MTA and content checkers auditd.service loaded active running LSB: This starts the Linux Auditing System Daemon, which collects security related ev avahi-daemon.service loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack bip.service loaded active running LSB: bip is an IRC proxy server bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth Manager chronyd.service loaded active running LSB: NTP client/server clamd.amavisd.service loaded active running LSB: The clamd server running for amavisd console-...daemon.service loaded active running Console Manager console-...-start.service loaded active exited Console System Startup Logging cpuspeed.service loaded active exited LSB: processor frequency scaling support crond.service loaded active running LSB: run cron daemon cups.service loaded active running LSB: The CUPS scheduler dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus ddclient.service loaded active exited LSB: Client to update dynamic DNS host entries dovecot.service loaded active running LSB: start and stop Dovecot Imap server getty loaded active running Getty on tty2 getty loaded active running Getty on tty3 getty loaded active running Getty on tty4 getty loaded active running Getty on tty5 getty loaded active running Getty on tty6 gpm.service loaded active running Console Mouse manager httpd.service loaded active running LSB: start and stop Apache HTTP Server ip6tables.service loaded active exited LSB: start and stop ip6tables firewall iptables.service loaded active exited LSB: start and stop iptables firewall irqbalance.service loaded active running LSB: start and stop irqbalance daemon lm_sensors.service loaded active exited LSB: sensors is used for monitoring motherboard sensor values. lvm2-monitor.service loaded active exited LSB: Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling mdmonitor.service loaded active exited LSB: Start and stop the MD software RAID monitor NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager postfix.service loaded active running LSB: start and stop postfix prefdm.service loaded active running Display Manager rc-local.service loaded active exited Local customization readahead-collect.service loaded failed failed Collect Read-Ahead Data readahead-replay.service loaded active exited Replay Read-Ahead Data restorecond.service loaded active running LSB: restorecond uses inotify to look for creation of new files listed in the /etc/se rsyslog.service loaded active running LSB: Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemons rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service saslauthd.service loaded active running LSB: Start/Stop the SASL authentication daemon smolt.service loaded active exited LSB: Enable monthly update of Smolt spamassassin.service loaded active running LSB: spamd is a daemon process which uses SpamAssassin to check email messages for SP sshd.service loaded active running LSB: Start up the OpenSSH server daemon sysinit.service loaded active running System Initialization systemd-logger.service loaded active running systemd Logging Daemon udev-post.service loaded active exited LSB: Moves the generated persistent udev rules to /etc/udev/rules.d avahi-daemon.socket loaded active listening Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening systemd /dev/initctl Compatibility Socket systemd-logger.socket loaded active running systemd Logging Socket systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening systemd Delayed Shutdown Socket basic.target loaded active active Basic System dbus.target loaded active active D-Bus getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User network.target loaded active active Network remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems sockets.target loaded active active Sockets swap.target loaded active active Swap sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization syslog.target loaded active active Syslog LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. JOB = Pending job for the unit. 259 units listed. Pass --all to see inactive units, too. Needless to say network-using apps and services are not happy
named.service/start was dropped due to the same dependency cycle as in bug 635066. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 635066 ***