syslog and bind

[Mathias Körber]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news at nnrp1-w.snfc21.pbi.net =
[mailto:news at nnrp1-w.snfc21.pbi.net]On
> >
> > named needs to bind to port 53, which is in the reserved range, so =
it
> needs
> > superuser access.
>=20
> I thought bind 8 used an unprivledged port?  If not I'm wasting me =
time on
> this machine.

named needs to listed to port 53 for incoming DNS requests, thus needs =
root
(unless you specifically specify a different port in a listen-to option,
but what good is listening to a different port when everyone sends =
queries
to port 53?)

It will use an unprivileged port for sending out its own queries (unless =
specifically
told to use a specific port (like 53) using the query-source option).

I hope this helps.

>=20
> >
> > You seem a little confused about how syslog works. named can't=20
> tell syslog
> > "write this message to file X". named can only send messages to =
syslog,
> with a
>=20
> Yup!   It did became apparent that direct logging to a file is better.
> Thanks for clarifying this.