error installing BIND on webmin

cgc2 · 02-20-2008, 10:53 AM

I am trying to install BIND using webmin. I am getting the following error:

Download failed : Failed to open /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/named.pid for writing : Bad file descriptor.

I am using centos 5/webmin 1.4.

Googling yield no results, btw. Any help would be appreciated.

Charlie

forrestt · 02-20-2008, 11:32 AM

Does the directory /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/ exist on the system?

Let us know,

Forrest

cgc2 · 02-20-2008, 12:01 PM

Thanks for your quick reply:

cd /var/named/chroot/
ls
etc

Evidently the path does not exist. It only goes to the above path. Not sure how to proceed from here.

mtimbro · 02-20-2008, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cgc2

Thanks for your quick reply:

cd /var/named/chroot/
ls
etc

Evidently the path does not exist. It only goes to the above path. Not sure how to proceed from here.

mkdir -p /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/

Try that and let us know.

cgc2 · 02-20-2008, 01:49 PM

Failed to start BIND : Locating //etc/named.conf failed: [FAILED]

I created the directory and restarted the webmin service. the output is above.

forrestt · 02-20-2008, 02:10 PM

Does the file "/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf" exist?

Let us know,

Forrest

vladuzzz · 03-28-2008, 03:25 PM

chief!, I had the same problem.
try this:
open a terminal at your server (you have to open it from the server itself)
type yum install bind-chroot
after restart server
then go to webmin _>bind server (or whatever) and you can configure bind
the thing is if you run yum install from the command shell in webmin u wont get nothing.i dont know where is the problem
try this anyway and let me know

vladuzzz · 03-28-2008, 03:26 PM

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hope is not too late