Glenn English said the following on 2/3/2009 3:35 PM: > I'm trying to look at the cache of my nameserver, and it keeps saying: > >> Feb 3 15:54:03 log named[20519]: received control channel command 'dumpdb' >> Feb 3 15:54:03 log named[20519]: could not open dump file 'named_dump.db': >> permission denied > > A longer pathname would be nice. I'm assuming there's a directory > missing somewhere. > > Bind9 isn't running chrooted; access to the zone files is fine, and > there's only a single copy of each of them on the computer. > > 'named_dump.db' (or any other dump.db) doesn't exist anywhere on the > computer. There's nothing in the configuration about where to put the > dump file, > > This is a vanilla Debian install of a recursive, caching nameserver on a > DMZ. > > Bind was saying it couldn't set the modify times of the slave zones > because of 'permission denied' until I deleted the files, changed the > serial on the master, and had the master notify. > > Google tells me that the dump is written into /var/tmp, /var/named, and > someplace else I've forgotten. I created and/or set permissions on those > directories to 777. Same failure. > > Any guidance will be greatly appreciated...
I found this which may help: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:LxjQIPz3oNgJ:zytrax.com/books/dns/ch7/hkpng.html+named_dump.db+path&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a dump-file dump-file path_name; dump-file is a quoted string defining the absolute path where BIND dumps the database (cache) in response to a rndc dumpdb. If not specified, the default is named_dump.db in the location specified by a directory option. This option may only be specified in a 'global' options statement. https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation/arm94 Sample Configurations A Caching-only Name Server The following sample configuration is appropriate for a caching-only name server for use by clients internal to a corporation. All queries from outside clients are refused using the allow-query option. Alternatively, the same effect could be achieved using suitable firewall rules. // Two corporate subnets we wish to allow queries from. acl corpnets { 192.168.4.0/24; 192.168.7.0/24; }; options { directory "/etc/namedb"; // Working directory allow-query { corpnets; }; }; ... dump-file The pathname of the file the server dumps the database to when instructed to do so with rndc dumpdb. If not specified, the default is named_dump.db. So, based on this, you specify where it resides in the config file with a "directory" option. - Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
