Changes to named

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Nov  5, 2003, "Neal D. Becker" <nbecker at hns.com> wrote:

> I see in release notes that the permissions/ownerships of named files have 
> changed.  Is it OK to install (clean), then restore my 
> backed-up /var/lib/named and /etc/named.conf, or will I have to change 
> ownerships/permissions?

Err...  Release Notes anyone?

     o The BIND nameserver has had its security tightened. The /var/named/
       directory is no longer owned by "named", but rather by "root". Slave
       zone files should now be stored in the new /var/named/slaves/
       directory, which is owned by "named". In addition, a new bind-chroot
       package makes it possible to run the named daemon in a chroot() "jail"
       (located in /var/named/chroot/) for greater security.

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