Description of problem: user "named" can't write under /var/named which is owned by root by default. This brings up the problem when the system is configured as slave server: the zone files transferred from the master need to be dumped here. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. set up /etc/named.conf to run a slave server 2. service named restart 3. check /var/named Actual results: zone files from masters are not created Expected results: the files should be seen here Additional info:
This is a security issue. If you want to create slave files you should create a subdir called slaves with privs that named can write and place your slave files there. Dan