On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:27:56 +0100, Gordon Lang wrote: > > CHANGE: I did not properly characterized the problem in my original > post, so here is the real situation. > > If the bash shell from which I launch "named" is owned by root, then > "named" runs perfectly using the "-u" option, even listening on the > tun/tap interfaces. > But if I run "named" as a regular user, relying on the SUID file > setting to elevate privileges, then named fails to listen on any > addresses. > I believe the differences I saw before related to tun/tap interfaces > were due to testing on different RedHat platforms, but this revised > problem statement describes what is happening on both platforms. > > So the real problem is this: It seems I can use the SUID file bit to > allow a regular user to launch named, OR I can use the "-u" option of > "named" to lower the privileges after launch (requiring native root > privileges to launch), but I can't use both at the same time. > > Can anyone shed any light on this scenario?
I'm missing some information which might help me understand the problem: the user and group to which your named belong. Best regards, Niall O'Reilly _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
