Any ideas what this would mean when starting NDC

[Bob Vance]

>couldn't create pid file '/var/run/named.pid'

Usually, either :
   . directory "/var/run" doesn't exist yet
or . user id that 'named' is running under doesn't have permissions to
create the file within /var/run

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-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
Behalf Of A J Kennedy
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:26 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
Subject: Any ideas what this would mean when starting NDC


16-May-2001 21:39:44.919 default: notice: reloading nameserver
16-May-2001 21:39:44.922 config: error: couldn't create pid file
'/var/run/named.pid'
16-May-2001 21:39:44.922 default: info: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].1026
16-May-2001 21:39:44.922 default: notice: Ready to answer queries.

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