The named init script in /etc/init.d/named has the wrong location for the PID file for BIND. It looks in PIDFILE="/var/run/named.pid" when it should be PIDFILE="/var/run/named/named.pid". Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
the truth is it *should* be looking for /var/run/named.pid ;) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22959 ***