Journal open failed.

[smallpond at juno.com]

kalyanasundaram S wrote:
> I am using bind 9.3.2
> I am able to add host detail via yast.
> but while trying from nsupdate it is giving me the error "journal open failed: Unexpected error"
>
> in the same way i am trying to delete some host it is giving the error
>
> update example.com/IN
> master/example.com.jnl does not exist creating it
> permission denied
> updating zone example.com/IN : Journal open failed: Unexpected Errir
>
> i have set mode (777) for the /var/lib/named    abd /var/lib/named/master  and /var/lib/named/master/example.com  too..
>
> why it is saying permission denied..
> and i have made the statements
>   allow-update{ any; };
> in that zone example.com also..
> i am able to lookup the host using nslookup
> can anybody help me on this
> thanks in advance,
>  -"kalyan"

YaST, or any setup tool, is great when it works but teaches you
nothing about how to fix things when they go wrong.

Please post your /etc/named.conf and /etc/sysconfig/named files.