log file permssion error

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in article d2rmjv$1to6$1 at sf1.isc.org, Puye, Alhagie - ADP Dataphile at
Alhagie_Puye at adp.com wrote on 4/4/05 8:29 AM:

> Hello all,
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> I'm getting the following error message from syslog:
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> Apr  3 04:04:30 thor named[7999]: unable to rename log file
> '/var/log/bind.log' to '/var/log/bind.log.0': permission denied
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> I'm running BIND 9.3.0rc4. The daemon is running as user "named" on a Red
> Hat ES 3 box.
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> root owns /var/log and the permissions on that directory is 755
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> name owns /var/log/bind.log and the permissions on that file are 644
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> Any ideas why I would be getting this?
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> Thanks in advance
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> Alhagie Puye - Systems Support Engineer
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> ADP Dataphile 
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> Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8
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> (604)687-2133 x2315
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It doesn't appear that user named has write permissions to /var/log.