I wonder, noone provides a real solution for this bug ... AFTER MORE THAN 3 YEARS.
It is not a bug! But it looks like nobody documented the changes. Simply chown the rndc.key-File to root:root. Start the dhcp server! That's it! $ sudo chown dhcpd: rndc.key $ sudo service isc-dhcp-server start start: Job failed to start $ sudo chown root: rndc.key $ sudo service isc-dhcp-server start isc-dhcp-server start/running, process 19126 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to isc-dhcp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341817 Title: dhcpd wont start due to rndc.key permissions Status in isc-dhcp package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: dhcp3-server System information: #lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release: 8.04 #apt-cache policy dhcp3-server dhcp3-server: Installed: 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9 Candidate: 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9 Version table: *** 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status #apt-cache policy bind9 bind9: Installed: 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.1 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:9.4.2-10 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages Problem: dhcpd wont start - "/etc/bind/rndc.key: Permission denied" Workaround found but is a potential security issue ("/etc/bind/rndc.conf" world readable) Brief: Trying to get dhcp3-server and bind9 to work together nicely. The "/etc/bind/rndc.key" file is owned by bind:bind w. 640 perms by default and dhcpd3 process runs under user "dhcpd". Adding user "dhcpd" to group "bind" does not seem to work. Permissions of "/etc/bind/rndc.key" need to be changed to 644 for dhcp3-server to start (I could find no other solution - after a few hours of google and 30 minutes of play, at least ;-) Steps: - Install & configure bind9 (configuration tested and working) - Install & configure dhcp3-server - sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start Expected result: dhcpd starts Actual result: #/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix the config file. The error was: Can't open /etc/bind/rndc.key: Permission denied #ls -l `which dhcpd3` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 516164 2008-04-02 15:38 /usr/sbin/dhcpd3 #ls -l /etc/bind/rndc.key -rw-r----- 1 bind bind 77 2009-03-12 14:30 /etc/bind/rndc.key #id -a dhcpd uid=111(dhcpd) gid=122(dhcpd) groups=122(dhcpd),121(bind) Workaround: - Change permissions of /etc/bind/rndc.key to world readable (from 640 -> 644) note: adding 'dhcpd' user to 'bind' group does not work for some reason - Start dhcpd: #chmod 644 /etc/bind/rndc.key #/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start * Starting DHCP server dhcpd3 [ OK ] #ps -ef | grep dhcpd dhcpd 3292 1 0 17:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -q -pf /var/run/dhcp3-server/dhcpd.pid -cf /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf eth0 root 3298 3090 0 17:11 pts/0 00:00:00 grep dhcpd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/341817/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
