unknown errror in log

[Kevin Darcy]

digitalconscious.com wrote:

> Has anyone seen this error before,..or know why I'm getting this....i ran ps
> aux  and the named daemon is running under user named...which it should
> be,..why cant it created these files ...?...does it have something to do
> with the named-xfer file?
> both named-xfer and named have owner root...
>
> Nov 12 21:30:48 digitalconscious named-xfer[26811]: can't make tmpfile
> (networksurveillance.com.db.znNNcp): Permission Denied
> Nov 12 21:30:48 digitalconscious named-xfer[26812]: can't make tmpfile
> (semackenzie.com.db.Ipi2ho): Permission Denied

The ownership of the named-xfer and/or named binaries is irrelevant. The
*processes* are not running as root, right? You need to fix the permissions on
the directory to allow user "named" or some particular group to write files
there.


- Kevin