I did read the man pages, that's why I'm confused as why it doesn't work now vs. FC1.
I replaced the "/" in the directory directive to "/var/named". Did that just as a test. But now I'm still getting permission problems try to change to that directory. I've set permissions to 777, ownership to root and named.
Like I said, I read the man pages, as well as a book I have here, but I'm not getting anywhere fast.
Take a look at /etc/rc.d/init.d/named:
...
start() {
# Start daemons.
if [ -n "`/sbin/pidof named`" ]; then
echo -n $"$prog: already running"
return 1
fi
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
if [ -n "${ROOTDIR}" -a "x${ROOTDIR}" != "x/" ]; then
OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} -t ${ROOTDIR}"
fi
daemon /usr/sbin/named -u named ${OPTIONS}
...
Is named chrooted?
Look at /etc/sysconfig/named.Bob Marcan, Consultant mailto:bob marcan hermes-plus si S&T Hermes Plus d.d. tel: +386 (1) 5895-300 Slandrova ul. 2 fax: +386 (1) 5895-202 1231 Ljubljana - Crnuce, Slovenia url: http://www.hermes-plus.si