starting bind as a non-root user with ndc

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 11:12:00AM +1000, Jeremy Lunn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possiable to start bind as non-root user with ndc?

Yes, read the manpage; my startup script:

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin
export PATH

exec ndc -c /var/spool/named/var/run/ndc ${1+"$@"} -t /var/spool/named/ -u named -g named