Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error

[kashani]

Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I'm having a strange problem.  I set up a DNS server for my domain
> today, and when I tried to start it, it wouldn't start.  I consulted the
> log files and found this:
>
> Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: couldn't open pid file
> '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied
> Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: exiting (due to early fatal error)

< big ol snip >

The startup script drops its privileges to user named. I'm guessing it 
does that before it writes the pid file. To fix you'll want to add this 
line to your named.conf file in the options area.

pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";

I may have also editted the /etc/init.d/named file to point to that file 
as well. This might not need to be done depending on which Bind ebuild 
you used.

For these and other ways to fix the somewhat retarded default Bind 
install, like the named/bind naming nonsene, you might want to check the 
wiki article.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_a_DNS_Server_with_BIND

kashani
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