pjklist> Funny thing about that, I actually created a /var/run/named directory pjklist> for just the purpose of running named in a 'sandbox', chowned the pjklist> directory bind:bind, and because I forgot to set the pid file path in pjklist> named.conf, I see that it seems to write named.pid (owned by pjklist> bind:bind) into /var/run without a problem.
For named, the initial creation isn't the problem, it's the reloads and restarts: # ndc reload Reload initiated. # tail -2 /var/log/messages May 27 12:36:35 horsey named[142]: couldn't create pid file '/var/run/named.pid' May 27 12:36:35 horsey named[142]: Ready to answer queries. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message