CentOS DNS error in named configuration

cyberb · 04-13-2011, 01:57 PM

I'm a grad student new to Linux. My professor has asked us to setup a CentOS 5.5 DNS server using VMware. When I try to start the DNS server I receive the error:

Error in named configuration
/etc/named.conf: permission denied

I've changed the permissions (using "all 7's") so the files, directories, and links (/var/named/chroot...) are wide open and still receive the error.

Anyone seen this before? Any help would be appreciated.

sibe · 04-13-2011, 02:08 PM

Did you install bind-chroot package?
What's your SELinux status?

cyberb · 04-13-2011, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sibe

Did you install bind-chroot package?
What's your SELinux status?

I installed bind-chroot using YUM.

SELINUX=enforcing
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
SETLOCALDEFS=0

But to be clear...I had to google SELinux and don't know what these mean or do.

sibe · 04-13-2011, 02:27 PM

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But to be clear...I had to google SELinux and don't know what these mean or do.

Ok, then you'd better disable SELinux just to make things easier first.

Try this; from console, type setenforce 0 to loosen it a bit, then restart your bind. If your your bind up, then SELinux was the thing that prevented your bind to get started.

Now, put SELinux into a disabled state; edit the /etc/selinux/config and change the value of SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled.

Hope it may help.

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sibe

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