Re: Couldn't open PID file /var/run/named/named.pid Permission denied

Con Tassios <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.enigma
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
I assume you are not using the named RPM.

Does the directory /var/run/named exist?
If so, does the userid you are running named with have permission to create a 
file in that directory?


> I am installing a DNS server on red hat linux. When I run /usr/sbin/named
> -g, I get this error message. What could be wrong ?
>  
> Couldn't open PID file /var/run/named/named.pid Permission denied
>  
> Avinash
>
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