could not start named.conf

[Niall O'Reilly]

On 13 Aug 2007, at 12:06, Adriatik Allamani wrote:

> Aug 13 12:02:54 ns1 named[4449]: couldn't open pid file
> '/var/run/named/named.pid': Permission denied
> Aug 13 12:02:54 ns1 named[4449]: exiting (due to early fatal error)
>
>
> My named.conf file is below:
>
>
> options {
>         directory "/var/named";
>         dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
>         statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
>
>          // query-source address * port 53;
> };

	Where do you actually want the PID file: in /var/named or in
	/var/run/named ?

	Whichever directory you choose must exist and be writable.

	I suggest adding the option

		pid-file "named.pid";

	This will force the PID file to be in the directory specified
	in the 'directory' option (/var/named).

	/Niall