could not start named.conf

Mordechai T. Abzug morty+bind at frakir.org
Mon Aug 13 11:56:29 UTC 2007


On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:21:09PM +0100, Niall O'Reilly wrote:

> 	I suggest adding the option
> 
> 		pid-file "named.pid";
> 
> 	This will force the PID file to be in the directory specified
> 	in the 'directory' option (/var/named).

If the original poster is using someone else's named start/stop script
(including one provided by his/her OS/distribution), then he/she may
need the pid file location to match the one specified in the
start/stop script.

- Morty



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