On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 10:06 -0500, Jeff Self wrote: > I've successfully set up a Primary DNS server with Bind9. I've used the > instructions from the Debian Network Administrator's Guide. I also > installed Bind9 on another server and created zone's in the named.conf > file that are of type slave and pointed the masters to my other server. > I restarted Bind and I see named running in the processes. But I'm not > seeing anything get transferred from the primary server. Shouldn't > there be something in /var/cache/bind? Mine is empty on the Secondary > server. > > I'm getting the following error messages in my syslog: > > Nov 3 09:59:47 utils2 named[1912]: loading configuration from > '/etc/bind/named.conf' > Nov 3 09:59:47 utils2 named[1912]: no IPv6 interfaces found > Nov 3 09:59:47 utils2 named[1913]: dumping master > file: /etc/bind/tmp-XXXXEgUxkw: open: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:47 utils2 named[1913]: transfer of > '106.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: failed while receiving > responses: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:47 utils2 named[1913]: transfer of > '106.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: end of transfer > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1913]: dumping master > file: /etc/bind/tmp-XXXXXJVhAQ: open: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1913]: transfer of > '112.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: failed while receiving > responses: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1913]: transfer of > '112.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: end of transfer > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: dumping master > file: /etc/bind/tmp-XXXXdeApkb: open: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: transfer of 'nnfoo.org/IN' from > 10.5.107.12#53: failed while receiving responses: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: transfer of 'nnfoo.org/IN' from > 10.5.107.12#53: end of transfer > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: dumping master > file: /etc/bind/tmp-XXXXF424uu: open: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: transfer of > '107.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: failed while receiving > responses: permission denied > Nov 3 09:59:48 utils2 named[1912]: transfer of > '107.5.10.in-addr.arpa/IN' from 10.5.107.12#53: end of transfer > > Why am I getting permission denied? Port 53 is open. What is the > master file? I don't see anything called tmp-XXXXF424uu or similar. >
Got it working. Had to change the permissions of /etc/bind from 2755 to 2775 so that the bind user could write to the directory. -- Jeff Self Information Technology City of Newport News 757.926.3741 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]