It was not so much that it was RTFM is was I looked at the man. I just don't ask a question because I am lazy. I understand what named does but I don't understand how the heck the -u got in there. I looked at the man page again and of course if you have looked at it. It does not talk about named in the startup. No named is not working. Again I am going to ask a newbie question and that is what rpm let's me look to see what version I am running because I did an rpm -q named and it says named is not installed. I am not trying to be a dificult I just don't understand and the more that I read the more confussed I get. This list has been VERY helpful in the past with reading other people's problems and I have learned a ton from those messages. Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > > > Just installed a new 6.2 server as my backup named server. When I do a ps > > aux|grep named I get > > > > named 535 0.1 0.8 2528 1668 ? S 20:18 0:00 named -u named > > scott 864 0.0 0.2 1360 508 pts/0 S 20:25 0:00 grep named > > > > What the heck is named -u named ?? > > I don't think that RTFM is a rude answer. > > Checking the man page would involve less work than writing a message to > the list, and would get your answer faster. > > If it helps you in the future, when reading man pages, you can invoke a > search using the '/' key. man will allow you to search by typing the '/' > character, followed by the text you would like to search for, and the > 'Enter' key. > > # man named > ... > -u user_name > Specifies the user the server should run as after it initial > izes. The value specified may be either a username or a nu > meric user id. If the ``-g'' flag is not specified, then the > group id used will be the primary group of the user specified > (initgroups() is called, so all of the user's groups will be > available to the server). > ... > > The point of "-u named" is to allow named to drop root privileges as soon > as it finishes root type stuff (like opening its port). This reduces the > risk to your system, since an attacker won't be able to get a root shell > through an attack on named. He _may_ be able to get a shell, though. > > MSG > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
