-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tasha Smith spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: > Ok ...soo here is what the output is of ' ls -lad /var/run ' > drwxrwxr-x 6 root daemon 4096 Jan 31 2:08 /var/run
there's your problem. the 'named' user can't write to that directory. change where the pid file is stored. look at www.linux-sxs.org/bind9.html (I updated it to correct this issue) - -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at linux-sxs.org) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://www.linux-sxs.org and http://jobs.linux-sxs.org How do you know when you're out of invisible ink? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+PnGA2MO5UukaubkRAnLKAKCTismcPJLYuMu8LxGIk/hNBe5E0ACfbk7t wNn30Pr5VTv+ttn7yYxrLG0= =POw8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users