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Date:      Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:52:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
To:        David Drum <david@mu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/22038: Default location of named.pid file assumes named is running as root
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010171248550.16517-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001017081857.C46425@elvis.mu.org>

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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, David Drum wrote:

> I am trying to look at this from the perspective of someone who is
> completely new to FreeBSD and wants to run named as a non-privileged user.

	This isn't a freebsd issue, it's a BIND issue. People who don't
have a sufficient amount of knowledge about how BIND works to run it
successfully as an unpriviliged user won't be helped by your
suggestion. It will just be some other aspect of BIND configuration that
trips them up. 

	I appreciate your suggestion in terms of trying to lower the
common denominator, but seriously, BIND isn't an LCD type of operation. I
see way too many screwed up BIND configurations as it is, I would hate to
see us contributing to that problem. 

	There are plenty of options in rc.conf already that aren't
suitable for novice users, this one falls squarely into that category. 

Doug



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