Slave Zone not Updating......

[David Botham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Zack Odell
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:26 AM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Slave Zone not Updating......
> 
> 
> I have a problem with my slave zone not being able to update from the
> master.
> 
> I can see that the master server is trying to allow the transfer, but
> on the slave server I get the following:
> 
> named[4175]: dumping master file: /var/named/tm-XXXjdICtn: open:
> permission denied
> 
> named[4175]: transfer of 'azcmr.com/IN' from 192.168.10.2#53: failed
> while receiving responses: permission denied
> 
> named[4175]: transfer of 'azcmr.com/IN' from 192.168.10.2#53: end of
> transfer
> 
> Now I know that this is probably a permissions problem, but where do I
> begin to look to correct this problem?


(on the slave) named must have write access to the directory were "file"
is specified for the zone.  Look in named.conf for the "directory"
statement and then at the place where the "file" clause is for the slave
zone statement.

Remember, the user that named is running as must have write access.

Dave...





> 
> Do I need to change the permissions on this file in /var/named?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!!