DNS Error After Install

edwarner99 at yahoo.com edwarner99 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 27 13:40:20 UTC 2003


Hi,

After upgrading from RH9 to FC1, my DNS server isn't
working right.
I'm getting this in my error logs:

Nov 26 19:36:32 bonsai named[1905]: dumping master
file: tmp-XXXXzDfyvm: open: permission denied
Nov 26 19:36:32 bonsai named[1905]: zone
100.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: dump failed: permission
denied
Nov 26 19:36:32 bonsai named[1905]: dumping master
file: tmp-XXXXiDIhYA: open: permission denied
Nov 26 19:36:32 bonsai named[1905]: zone mylan.lan/IN:
dump failed: permission denied


I read this in the Release Notes:

The BIND nameserver has had its security tightened.
The /var/named/ directory is no longer owned by
"named", but rather by "root". Slave zone files should
now be stored in the new /var/named/slaves/ directory,
which is owned by "named". In addition, a new
bind-chroot  package makes it possible to run the
named daemon in a chroot() "jail" (located in
/var/named/chroot/) for greater security.

I'm not sure how to proceed at this point.
Do I need to change the ownership?
I don't have the bind-chroot package as far as I know.
I also don't have a /var/named/chroot directory, as I
never ran bind in chroot.

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks,

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