Problems with BIND 9.1.3

[david902]

Just downloaded Red Hat 7.2 yesterday , installing some DNS Servers, got 'em all installed, configured for high security, went through the DNS HOW-TO, configured DNS for a simple caching server, logged in under root and tried to start the service named, /var/log/messages reports
"couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named/named.pid': permission denied.

Looked around, didn't find much info on troubleshooting,
any help is appreciated.

rights to the /var/run/named/ directory are..
drwxr-xr-x

this is a fairly default installation of only the DNS server.

 

[sarm]

hi,

give chmod 777 on /named/ directory a try..

good luck

 

[aixmurderer]

Does the named.pid file exist? We had some similar occurance, cannot remember exactly we did to solve it, but I remember the pid file either didn't exist, or we simply deleted it as it had the wrong permissions.

IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

I'm fairly sure that the redhat bind rpms (including sysv init scripts) assume the use of rndc. This is a reasonably new addition to bind in the form of a control utility that operates on port 953 and, hopefully, provides for secure administration of the server. You need to setup crytopgraphic keys and amend your /etc/named.conf and /etc/rndc.conf accordingly. See -->

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-bind-rndc.html

Hope this helps