named / bind error

saurabh142857 · 06-26-2005, 11:54 AM

Hi,
I am trying to set up DNS server (bind) on fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6)
I got the following error:

Code:

t@localhost nag2]# named -g
Jun 26 22:00:47.841 starting BIND 9.2.3 -g
Jun 26 22:00:47.842 using 1 CPU
Jun 26 22:00:47.845 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Jun 26 22:00:47.846 listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Jun 26 22:00:47.848 command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
Jun 26 22:00:47.849 ignoring config file logging statement due to -g option
Jun 26 22:00:47.849 couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named/named.pid': Permission denied
Jun 26 22:00:47.849 exiting (due to early fatal error)

I have chmod named.pid to 777 and running 'named' as root

Please help me out.

Regards,
Saurabh

bathory · 06-27-2005, 06:34 AM

If named is not running you can delete the pid file. It will be recreated once named has started. Also make sure that the root user have write permissions in the /var/run/named directory.

saurabh142857 · 06-27-2005, 10:30 AM

Hi,
Thanks for your reply but this problem is not related to file permissions .
I have already found an answer which is:
to modify the "options" field in /etc/named.conf to include:

Code:

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

Once again,thanks for replying.

Regards,
Saurabh