Can't create a log file

[Mark Andrews]

> Thanks for the advice.  I will check it again when I get back to work,
> but I had to create /var/log/named and after I created it I did
> 
>   % chown named named
> 
> Permissions on the directory are 755.  The group on the directory is
> root.  I even set the group on the directory to named but it didn't
> make any difference so I changed it back to root.  Following your
> advice I will remove the zero length log file (which is owned by named
> and is writeable) and try again.
> 
> I think that I have the SElinux stuff turned on in RHEL4.  Could that
> be causing the problem?

	Yes.  You have to get everything correct.
 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Paul
> 
> 
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