8.2.2-p5 keeps dying on linux box

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "johnny" == johnny cal <johnnycal at ispchannel.com> writes:

    johnny> named-xfer [14496] can't make tmpfile domains/db.domain.k3adna): No such file or directory.

    johnny> how do I fix on a sun netra, running named 8.2.2p5 sol 2.7
    johnny> permissions look good and nothiing was done lately, do you
    johnny> think I got hacked?

It could be, though the idea that an attacker would break in, diddle
the name server set up and do nothing else that would be noticed seems
far-fetched. The most likely explanations are that you either did make
a change and overlooked it or else you had/have a broken named.conf.

Does the directory domains exist? [What's its full pathname?] If it
doesn't - or its in the wrong place - this would explain the error.
Usually a missing pathname component is the only reason why a creat()
or open() system call fails ENOENT: "no such file or directory". Maybe
you didn't specify a working directory for named in the options{}
statement? If so, the name server would use whatever was the current
directory when it was started as its working directory. This could
potentially be anywhere in the file system.