Bind cannot open /etc/namedb/named.conf

[Anthony Atkielski]

Thanks!

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony at freebie.atkielski.com>
Cc: "Joseph Begumisa" <begj at cfi.co.ug>; <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 15:28
Subject: Re: Bind cannot open /etc/namedb/named.conf


>
> >
> > > 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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