BIND 9.2 AS ROOT !!!

[Michael Kjorling]

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On Apr 19 2002 18:49 +0200, mehdi frani wrote:

> I have some problems with bind 9.2 on RH 7.1
> after
>
> ./configure
> make
> make install
>
> if I start
> as root, everything is right
> as named user, it doesn't start
>
> who can help me ?
>
> thanks

I think I can.

Oh, you meant what the problem was? I'd bet it has a lot to do with
the fact that to bind to privileged ports (< 1024), you need to be
root on most if not all Unix systems.

Use named's -u option to switch user once the bindings have been made.
Note that if you have interfaces that regularly comes up and down,
this might not be a viable option.


Michael Kjörling

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