When I installed Bind 9.20.23 rpm by dnf command in Alma Linux 9,Bind has been installed into /etc/opt/isc/scls/isc-bind/ while working directory has been set as '/var/opt/isc/scls/isc-bind/named/data
infact this /etc/opt/isc/scls/isc-bind/named.conf file shows: directory "/var/opt/isc/scls/isc-bind/named/data"; I think I cannot install Bind into standard directory, I don't know .... What do you think.? I solved issue removing the "pid-file" directive in named.conf so Bind creates It as /var/opt/isc/scls/isc-bind/run/named/named.pid What do you think about non standard path ? systemctl edit isc-bind-named shows: [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=/opt/isc/isc-bind/root/usr/sbin/named -u named -4 -f $OPTIONS Bind is running as named user Il giorno mer 3 giu 2026 alle ore 09:50 Colin Vidal <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > In named.conf In Alma Linux 9 Bind 9.20.23 Stable version, I set this > > directive: > > pid-file "/run/named/named.pid"; > > > > /var/named is mounted as root:root so there is no permission to write > > pid file to /var/named > > infact I see "permission denied" in messages file. > > > > /run/named is temporary file system, how can I force it to create It > > with named:named permission ? > > > > What do you suggest me ? > > Are you starting named as root? (Passing -u <user> enable named to switch to > "user" after doing some operations that might requiring privileged user like > listening on ports < 1024 or writing the .pid file.) > > Perhaps something related to an SELinux labeling issue? > > -- > Colin Vidal -- [email protected] > Internet Systems Consortium -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list.
