Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 02:13:25 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: Eugene Lee <eugene@anime.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/run/named.pid annoyance Message-ID: <20010312021324.D78116@northernbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <20010311230428.B18069@anime.net>; from eugene@anime.net on Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 11:04:28PM -0800 References: <20010311230428.B18069@anime.net>
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Eugene Lee (eugene@anime.net) wrote:
> Every time I do a reload, I get this in /var/log/messages:
>
> Mar 12 00:48:47 localhost named[119]: reloading nameserver
> Mar 12 00:48:47 localhost named[119]: couldn't create pid file '/var/run/named.pid'
> Mar 12 00:48:47 localhost named[119]: Ready to answer queries.
>
> The reason for this is that I run it with "-u bind -g bind" options.
> What would be the most secure way to solve this problem?
This is a permissions problem. User bind does not have permissions to
write files to /var/run.
The desired workaround is to change the PID file location by adding
this to the "options" section of your /etc/namedb/named.conf file:
pid-file "/var/named/named.pid"
You must then (as root):
# mkdir /var/named
# chown bind:bind /var/named
More details on this setup are available at:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01%3A18.bind.asc
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Christopher Farley
www.northernbrewer.com
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