On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 04:32:04AM +0200, Ulf Volmer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 02:46:07PM +1300, Johnno wrote: > > > I am trying to get named to work under the user bind but I keep on getting > > errors: > > Oct 18 14:39:34 woody named[1117]: couldn't open pid file > > '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied > > Oct 18 14:39:34 woody named[1117]: exiting (due to early fatal error) > > > > in the /var directory > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 18 14:39 run > > Your user bind would write a file in /var/run, but it's not allowed.
I ran BIND this way, I seem to recall chown'ing that pid file once and never having a problem with it again for the lifetime of the box. -- Nate "My company doesn't know Usenet exists, and my boss would have kittens if he thought I spoke for them. My opinions are better than theirs anyway." - Unknown found in a .signature -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
