Can't create a log file

[Paul Banta]

I suppose this should be obvious, but...

I've got Redhat Enterprise 4 running.  In named.conf I've got the
following:

logging {
        channel tango_log{
                file "/var/log/named/tango.log" versions 3 size 250k;
                severity debug;
                print-time yes;
                print-severity yes;
                print-category yes;
        };
        category default{
                tango_log;
        };
};

When I start named I see this in /var/messages:

Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named: named startup succeeded
Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named[4720]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0,
192.168.1.19#53
Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named[4720]: command channel listening on
127.0.0.1#953
Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named[4720]: command channel listening on ::1#953
Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named[4720]: logging channel 'tango_log' file
'/var/log/named/tango.log': file not found
Dec 19 16:30:30 zeus named[4720]: isc_log_open
'/var/log/named/tango.log' failed: file not found

The file is there.  I had to create the named directory in /var/log and
touch tango.log to create the file.  I then set the owner of the
directory and file to named.

Thanks in advance for the help.

-Paul