Bind subdorectories

[cisco sys kid]

I have a RHEL4 box that I am making a DNS server. I have been having
some issues with include files. I want to include not only the zone
files but also the actual records in diferent sub directories.

for instance a domain named foo.com I would like to have the the zone
file in the following file.

/zones/f/o/o/foo.com.zone

additionally I would like to have the recored in

/data/f/o/o/foo.com.db

in the zone file I have

file "f/o/o.foo.com.db";

I am getting one of two messages

The error I am receiving at start up is:
Aug 22 15:37:41.614 /etc/named.conf:16: open: /var/named/zones/f/o/o:
permission denied
Aug 22 15:37:41.614 loading configuration: permission denied
Aug 22 15:37:41.614 exiting (due to fatal error)
Error in configuration file /etc/named.conf :

or
Aug 22 15:58:47.425 /var/named/zones/f/o//:1: I/O error
Aug 22 15:58:47.425 loading configuration: I/O error
Aug 22 15:58:47.425 exiting (due to fatal error)

any help would be greate. Is this an issue with bind and subdirs or is
this a configurations issue?