Can run BIND with root permission ?

[Holger Honert]

Truong Tan Son schrieb:

>Dear Sir,
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>I installed BIND-9.3.2 on Redhat, runs with root permission, and the server responds good.
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>I read some Docs that request to have an user to run BIND
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>Need I have new user to run BIND ?
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>Which is better to use root and another user ?
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>Please give me advice.
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>Thanks you and best regards,
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Of course you don't have to run bind as root.
If you want to run named with a user who has least privilege or you
intend to run named in a chroot() environment you are welcome.
Optionally you can define a group and add the user running named and
other users who are authorized to edit/change zone datas files.

Regards Holger