starting bind as a non-root user with ndc

[nalin at redhat.com]

Jeremy Lunn <jeremyl at vicnet.net.au> wrote:
> In debian I modified my /etc/init.d/bind file to start named as user
> named and group named.  But when I do restart with that file it goes
> back to being root again.  That file runs "/usr/sbin/ndc restart".  So
> is it possiable to get ndc to start bind as non-root?

Try "ndc restart -- -u named -g named".

Nalin