Solved: Just wondering - BIND 9.4.3b2 -g

[Peter Dambier]

Thank you Alan.

For the curious see below.

Starting both servers from /etc/init.d works now.

Cheers
Peter


Alan Zoysa wrote:
>> I am running more than 1 named on different ports and interfaces
>> but on the same hardware.
>>
>> #
>> # /home/toit/named.conf - configuration for BIND 9
>> #
>>
>> options {
>>  directory "/home/toit";
>>  pid-file "/home/toit/named.pid";
>>  dump-file "/home/toit/named_dump.db";
>>  statistics-file "/home/toit/named.stats";

   controls {
     inet 127.0.0.2 allow {localhost;};
   };

>> ...
>>
>> include "/home/toit/etc/named.keys";
>> include "/home/toit/etc/rndc.key";
>>
>>
>> The others with different /home/user look pretty much the same.
>> Now named complains:
>>
>>
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.859 starting BIND 9.4.3b2 -u toit -c named.conf -g
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.869 loading configuration from '/home/toit/named.conf'
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.870 the working directory is not writable
>>
> 
> in above case, the named working directory: is "/home/toit"
> though the owner has write permission, try giving write permission to the group
> 
>> 6:/home/toit# ls -la
>> total 52K
>> drwxr-xr-x  8 toit toit 4.0K 2008-10-14 15:48 .

   drwxrwxr-x  8 toit toit 4.0K 2008-10-14 15:48 .

>> drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4.0K 2008-10-05 18:38 ..
>> drwxr-x---  2 toit toit 4.0K 2005-02-01 13:59 dev
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 toit toit 4.0K 2008-10-14 15:39 DNSOP
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 toit toit 4.0K 2006-08-07 14:13 etc
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 toit toit 4.0K 2007-11-15 19:54 Master
>> - -rw-r--r--  1 toit toit 1.9K 2008-10-14 15:40 named.conf
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 toit toit 4.0K 2007-12-18 16:22 slave
>> drwxr-xr-x  5 toit toit 4.0K 2005-02-01 13:59 var
>>
>>
>> Looks writeable to me but maybe I missed something.
>>
>>
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.887 none:0: open: /etc/rndc.key: file not found
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.887 couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: file not found
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.887 none:0: open: /etc/rndc.key: file not found
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.887 couldn't add command channel ::1#953: file not found
>> 14-Oct-2008 15:43:17.887 ignoring config file logging statement due to -g option
>>
>>
>>
>> Got rid of these, copying /home/toit/etc/rndc.key to /etc/rndc.key
>>
>> But now the next named complains:
>>
>>
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.710 starting BIND 9.4.3b2 -u semelle -c named.conf -g
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.720 loading configuration from '/home/semelle/named.conf'
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.722 the working directory is not writable
>>
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.743 couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: address in use
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.744 couldn't add command channel ::1#953: address in use
>> 14-Oct-2008 16:02:31.744 ignoring config file logging statement due to -g option
>>
>>
> 
> if write permission to group of directory works in toit case, do it
> for semelle also.
> Use another localnet address for rndc port 953, for example 127.0.0.2.
> You can specify this in controls {
>   ...
> };
> directive.
> Similarly for IPv6 address.
> 
>> All nameds are running, only I am at war with /etc/init.d and have to start and
>> stop them manually using kill not rndc.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Peter


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