[BlueOnyx:09275] Re: named fails to start

[Gerald Waugh]

Asher (Arthur) Sherman wrote:
> 
> named fails to start with this error:
> 
> ===
> [root at ns1 ~]# service named restart
> Stopping named: [ OK ]
> Starting named:
> Error in named configuration:
> /etc/named.conf:8: change directory to '/var/named/chroot/var/named'
> failed: file not found
> 
> /etc/named.conf:8: parsing failed
> [FAILED]
> ===

look for errors (corrupt?)in line 8 in /etc/named.conf


> listing shows the directory exists and is owned by named:
> 
> ===
> [root at ns1 ~]# ls /var/named/chroot/var/named -lahd
> drwxr-x--- 4 named named 4.0K Nov 18 00:22 /var/named/chroot/var/named
> ==

On my R5107 server I note that the directory permissions are 770
owned by root.named

drwxrwx---. 2 root named 12K Dec 23 16:28 /var/named/chroot/var/named

-- 
Gerald