Package: bind9 Version: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
in the systemd service file, the creation of the /var/run/named directory is missing, so bind cannot startet without root privilegs my fix is: > cat /etc/systemd/system/bind9.service ----------------- [Unit] Description=BIND Domain Name Server Documentation=man:named(8) After=network.target [Service] ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir /var/run/named ExecStartPre=/bin/chgrp bind /var/run/named ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 775 /var/run/named ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -f -u bind ExecReload=/usr/sbin/rndc reload ExecStop=/usr/sbin/rndc stop [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ----------------- so there are two options, fix the directory, or remove the "-u bind" from the sytemd service file -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages bind9 depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii bind9utils 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii init-system-helpers 1.22 ii libbind9-90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4 ii libcap2 1:2.24-8 ii libcomerr2 1.42.12-1.1 ii libdns100 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2 ii libisc95 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libisccc90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libisccfg90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libk5crypto3 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2 ii libkrb5-3 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2 ii liblwres90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1 ii net-tools 1.60-26+b1 ii netbase 5.3 bind9 recommends no packages. Versions of packages bind9 suggests: pn bind9-doc <none> ii dnsutils 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6 pn resolvconf <none> pn ufw <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/bind/named.conf.local changed [not included] -- debconf information excluded
