[gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error
I'm having a strange problem. I set up a DNS server for my domain today, and when I tried to start it, it wouldn't start. I consulted the log files and found this: Dec 12 15:51:38 bullet named[7707]: starting BIND 9.2.5 -u named -n 1 Dec 12 15:51:38 bullet named[7707]: using 1 CPU Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf' Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.1.2#53 Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: exiting (due to early fatal error) When I was trying to start the named server I did so as the root user. I checked the permissions on /var/run: bullet log # ls -l /var total 48 drwxr-xr-x 4 named named 4096 Dec 12 14:13 bind drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 25 12:55 cache drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 6 07:04 db drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2005 empty drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Dec 11 00:49 lib drwxrwxr-x 3 root uucp 4096 Nov 27 09:31 lock drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Dec 12 15:52 log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root15 Jul 5 17:56 mail - /var/spool/mail drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Dec 12 15:51 run drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 28 13:09 spool drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2005 state drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 4096 Dec 12 14:41 tmp drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 3 04:14 www As you can see the run directory is 755, which should be acceptible - not to mention that it was the root account that was trying to start named. I checked inside /var/run itself: bullet log # ls -l /var/run total 72 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Dec 12 14:57 apache2.pid srwx-- 1 apache root 0 Dec 12 14:57 cgisock drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 28 15:32 console -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Dec 4 09:18 cron.pid drwx-- 3 root root 4096 Dec 12 14:42 dovecot drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Dec 11 17:21 mysqld drwxr-xr-x 2 named named 4096 Dec 12 14:13 named -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Nov 27 14:32 ntpd.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 ldap ldap 4096 Dec 11 00:47 openldap -rw--- 1 root root 512 Nov 27 09:31 random-seed -rw-r--r-- 1 nobody root 5 Dec 10 22:14 rpc.statd.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 27 14:32 samba drwxr-xr-x 4 root utmp 4096 Dec 1 16:26 screen -rw--- 1 root smmsp 45 Dec 12 09:43 sendmail.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Nov 27 09:31 sshd.pid -rw--- 1 root root 5 Dec 12 15:52 syslog-ng.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 5 16:58 usb -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 6144 Dec 12 14:33 utmp There is a named directory there, but it's empty. I assume that it was automatically created when I emerged bind early this afternoon. Any thoughts on what's causing this error? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error
Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied drwxr-xr-x 2 named named 4096 Dec 12 14:13 named There is a named directory there, but it's empty. I assume that it was automatically created when I emerged bind early this afternoon. Any thoughts on what's causing this error? It's trying to put the pid file in /var/run - you need to change named.conf to have it put it in /var/run/named instead in named.conf: pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid; That should solve that problem for you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error
Michael Sullivan wrote: I'm having a strange problem. I set up a DNS server for my domain today, and when I tried to start it, it wouldn't start. I consulted the log files and found this: Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: couldn't open pid file '/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: exiting (due to early fatal error) big ol snip The startup script drops its privileges to user named. I'm guessing it does that before it writes the pid file. To fix you'll want to add this line to your named.conf file in the options area. pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid; I may have also editted the /etc/init.d/named file to point to that file as well. This might not need to be done depending on which Bind ebuild you used. For these and other ways to fix the somewhat retarded default Bind install, like the named/bind naming nonsene, you might want to check the wiki article. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_a_DNS_Server_with_BIND kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 14:03 -0800, Jonathan Nichols wrote:
Dec 12 15:51:39 bullet named[7709]: couldn't open pid file
'/var/run/named.pid': Permission denied
drwxr-xr-x 2 named named 4096 Dec 12 14:13 named
There is a named directory there, but it's empty. I assume that it was
automatically created when I emerged bind early this afternoon. Any
thoughts on what's causing this error?
It's trying to put the pid file in /var/run - you need to change
named.conf to have it put it in /var/run/named instead
in named.conf:
pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid;
That should solve that problem for you.
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9069]: starting BIND 9.2.5 -u named -n 1
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9069]: using 1 CPU
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9071]: loading configuration from
'/etc/bind/named.conf'
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9071]: /etc/bind/named.conf:15: unknown
option 'pid-file'
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9071]: loading configuration: failure
Dec 12 16:12:41 bullet named[9071]: exiting (due to fatal error)
Here's my /etc/bind/named.conf:
bullet log # cat /etc/bind/named.conf
options {
directory /etc/bind;
};
zone espersunited.com in {
type master;
file db.espersunited.com;
};
zone . in {
type hint;
file db.cache;
};
pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid;
It still won't start.
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Weird Permissions error
Michael Sullivan wrote:
bullet log # cat /etc/bind/named.conf
options {
directory /etc/bind;
};
zone espersunited.com in {
type master;
file db.espersunited.com;
};
zone . in {
type hint;
file db.cache;
};
pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid;
It still won't start.
options {
directory /etc/bind;
pid-file /var/run/named/named.pid;
}
is the correct syntax.
kashani
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