named running as root

[Daniel Wittenberg]

I create a bind user and group with no privs, and then do ndc start -u bind
-g bind.  If you want to be even more cautious look at running it chroot,
but that can be tricky on some systems.

Dan

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Daniel Wittenberg
University of Iowa - ITS
System Administrator
http://dan.its.uiowa.edu

> From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald at waugh.com>
> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.dns.bind
> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 01:48:41 -0500
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: named running as root
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I just installed bind-8.2.3-C1 and it runs under user "root"
> I heard that named should not run as user "root"
> Could someone provide an alterative answer and
> maybe a resolution?
> Thanks
> Gerald
> 
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