8.2.1 - two questions

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> At 18:40 02.07.1999 +1000, you wrote:
> >
> >> >>there a two things which I cannot handle:
> >> >>line 2 'directory . is world-writable'. well, the config files for n=
> amed
> >> >>are in /etc which is not world writeable. image is in /usr/sbin, whi=
> ch
> also
> >> >>isn't WR. ?
> >> >
> >> >What directory were you in when you started named?  That's the "."
> directory
> >> .
> >>=20
> >> this is a possible answer as I did a simple 'ndc stop' and 'ndc start'=
>  out
> >> from /tmp. Now, I did it again out of /etc and this message wasn't log=
> ged
> >> again.
> >
> >	Which is why you should have a directory statement refering to an
> >	absolute path in the options block not 'directory ".";'.
> 
> sorry to say, but directory is "/etc" and not  only "."

	Perhaps I should have just specify an absolute path.  When one
	is not specified it defaults to 'directory ".";'.  I didn't trace
	the code path back far enough.

	You didn't have 'directory "/etc";' in the options block.  There
	was either no directory statement or 'directory ".";' in the
	options block.

	Mark

> 
> >Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
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> Gru=DF
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