Bug 483

Summary:	Named startup script problem
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paul de Vrieze (RETIRED) <pauldv>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Donny Davies (RETIRED) <woodchip>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	fkooman
Priority:	Normal
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paul de Vrieze (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-02-01 15:48:40 UTC

The init.d script for named is not good for running named. There are two - 
related - points. The startup code is wrong. This should be

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/named -- -u named -n 1

the --user argument would be for start-stop-daemon, but named needs to be root 
to bind its port. 

The other point is that the standard bind pid file is /var/run/named.pid. That 
has security repercusions as bind needs write access to the dir it writes its 
pid file. Probably /var/run/named/named.pid is a better name. (If it hasn't 
write access it will not boot)

Comment 1 Ferry Meyndert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-02-04 06:51:49 UTC

*** Bug 394 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Donny Davies (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-02-08 19:10:51 UTC

fixed.  thanks!

Comment 3 Paul de Vrieze (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-19 12:38:30 UTC

Closing the bug