Cannot open stat file, "named.stats".

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> James Kilton wrote:
> > I'm trying to collect stats from a BIND 8.3.3 server and not having
> > success.  The error "Cannot open stat file, "named.stats" appears in
> > the logs.  Named is chrooted to /var/named, but even creating the file
> > /var/named/var/run/named.stats and making it owned by named didn't
> > help.
> > 
> > Anyone know what the issue could be here?
> 
> Can named write to that directory?
> 
> If you'd rather not have a /var/named/var/run, you can always
> redefine the path to the stats file with
> 
> options {
>     stats-file "named.stats"; // leave it in the working directory
> };
> 
> cricket
> 
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	It's in the working directory to start with.

	Mark
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