Bind cannot open /etc/namedb/named.conf

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> > what version of bind is that and what do
> > these lines look like in your rc.conf?
> >  named_enable=""
> >  named_program=""
> 
> The version is 8.2.3-REL on FreeBSD 4.3.  The two lines in rc.conf look like
> this:
> 
> named_enable="YES"
> named_flags="-u bind -g bind -t /etc/namedb"
> 
> I figured out that the -t (chroot) option is causing the problem, but I'm
> not sure why.  I guess I really don't need to chroot for a machine isolated
> on my LAN that doesn't receive external queries anyway, so I removed the -t
> option and it ran okay.  I'd still like to know why it caused a problem,
> though.

	Named was looking for "/etc/namedb/etc/namedb/named.conf"
	looking from *outside* the chroot area.

	named_flags="-u bind -g bind -t /etc/namedb -c /named.conf"

	Mark

> 
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