I deleted the message before I could reply to it, but someone just asked
if RH configures named to run as a non-root user. The named daemon binds
to port 53, which is a "reserved" port, and requires root priviledges for
this operation.
There's no other reason that I'm aware of that named couldn't be
configured to run on a non-reserved port so that it can run as a non-root
user, other than the fact that there are already thousands of DNS servers
across the internet that expect your DNS server will answer querries on
port 53.
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