couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied

[Agnello George]

On 11/15/07, Kal Feher <kal.feher at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:
>
> - /var/run/named.pid
> + /var/run/named/named.pid
>
> Looks like the path was wrong
>
>

yes that's true

 But Now the issue is i am able to start named

And the logs in /var/log/messages dont show any error

[root at bind ~]# tail -f  /var/log/messages
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone:
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone:
1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone: D.F.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone: 8.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone: 9.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone: A.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: automatic empty zone: B.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: command channel listening on
127.0.0.1#953
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: command channel listening on ::1#953
Nov 15 17:04:27 bind named[16697]: running


But when i run             ------- >   named -g -c /etc/named.conf

 [root at bind ~]# named -g -c /etc/named.conf
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.293 starting BIND 9.5.0a6 -g -c /etc/named.conf
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.295 found 1 CPU, using 1 worker thread
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.297 SDB ldap zone database module loaded.
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.297 SDB postgreSQL DB zone database module loaded.
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.298 SDB sqlite3 DB zone database module loaded.
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.298 SDB directory DB zone database module loaded.
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.306 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.310 listening on IPv6 interface lo, ::1#53
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.316 binding TCP socket: address in use
15-Nov-2007 17:10: 22.321 listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.324 binding TCP socket: address in use
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.325 Loading 'Mysql zone' using driver mysql
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.355 automatic empty zone: 127.IN-ADDR.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.356 automatic empty zone: 254.169.IN-ADDR.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.357 automatic empty zone: 2.0.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.357 automatic empty zone: 255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.358 automatic empty zone:
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.359 automatic empty zone:
1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.359 automatic empty zone: D.F.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.360 automatic empty zone: 8.E.F.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.360 automatic empty zone: 9.E.F.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.361 automatic empty zone: A.E.F.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.362 automatic empty zone: B.E.F.IP6.ARPA
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.380 couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: address
in use
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.381 couldn't add command channel ::1#953: address in
use
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.383 ignoring config file logging statement due to -g
option
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.384 couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named/named.pid':
No such file or directory
15-Nov-2007 17:10:22.384 exiting (due to early fatal error)



Now where have i gone worong ??? ...need some help ..people :-(

agnello