Solaris9, bind9, chroot, "user 'named' unknown"

[Gregory Hicks]

> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:39:32 -0500
> From: Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Solaris9, bind9, chroot, "user 'named' unknown"
> 
> guice666 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> >I posted this within mailing.unix.bind-users but judging from the
> >seriously lack of activity in that group, I think it was poor choice.
> >So, I decided to cross post it into here. Sorry if anybody gets 
tiffled
> >about the crosspost.
> >
> >I'm trying to get Bind9 installed under chroot, but I'm running into 
an
> >odd problem with "user 'named' unknown".

User unknown errors are USUALLY caused when the user name is not 
contained in the /etc/passwd file...

> >
> >I have everything in the /opt/named/ directory for the bind binary. I
> >can run it just find w/out the -u named. I have only the named user
> >within /opt/named/etc/passwd, /opt/named/etc/group and
> >/opt/named/etc/shadow with those files with the exact same 
permissions
> >as the ones in /etc.
> >
> >I run with the command: chroot /opt/named /sbin/named -u named -c
> >/etc/named.conf
> >Error: named: user 'named' unknown.
> >
> >It works w/out using chroot (ie: using /etc/ files); it works in 
chroot
> >w/out using -u named. But I can't seem to get it working under the
> >named user while under chroot.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> Do you get the same results when using named's -t option instead of 
> Solaris' "chroot" command?
> 
>                                                                          
>                                        - Kevin
> 
> 
> 

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