starting bind as a non-root user with ndc

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Jeremy Lunn <jeremyl at vicnet.net.au> wrote:
> > In debian I modified my /etc/init.d/bind file to start named as user
> > named and group named.  But when I do restart with that file it goes
> > back to being root again.  That file runs "/usr/sbin/ndc restart".  So
> > is it possiable to get ndc to start bind as non-root?
> 
> Try "ndc restart -- -u named -g named".
> 
> Nalin
> 
> 
	Actually that should be "ndc -- restart -u named -g named",
	if you have a non-broken getopt(3) you only need
	"ndc restart -u named -g named".  What you had had told
	named to ignore the "-u named -g named".

	Mark
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