Error in NT event Log
Danny Mayer
mayer at gis.net
Tue Feb 6 04:22:11 UTC 2001
These are normal and can be ignored.
At 01:31 PM 2/5/01, Don Pierce wrote:
>I recently installed V8.2.3 on my NT
>box and setup just as a cahe-only server.
>
>I noticed that during every statup I get the
>following errors in the Event Log:
>
>ctl_server: socket: Unknown error "App: W 'Mon Feb 05 09:36:28 2001':
>named - " unix control "C:_WINNT_System32_dns_bin_ndc" socket failed:
>Unknown error "
ndc does not exist on NT so the socket fails.
>AND
>
>App: W 'Mon Feb 05 09:36:27 2001': named - " directory
>c:_winnt_system32_dns_etc is world-writable "
>App: W 'Mon Feb 05 09:36:27 2001': named - " directory . is world-writable
>"
It's just telling you that anyone can write to the named default directory
where you placed your configuration files.
>Should I be concerned about any of these entries?
>How can I get rid of them.
You can't directly.
>Is the Worl-writable a problem?
No as long as other people don't log into the box. If you trust them then
there's no problem. If you don't trust them they shouldn't be allowed on the box.
Danny
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