RE: [Cooker] Named running as nobody

2000-10-05 Thread Don Head
>> (add to bind rpm script) >> useradd -d /var/named named >> chown -R named.named /var/named >> >> (change file) >> sed 's/daemon named -u nobody/daemon named -u named/' >> to /etc/rc.d/init.d/named > > good idea... i'll do. I've been doing this for a long time, I never even considered askin

Re: [Cooker] Named running as nobody

2000-10-05 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Matt Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm aware (and appreciative) that you chose to have httpd run as user > "apache". > > Why not have bind run as user "named" rather than "nobody". This ensures > that the files in /var/named are only writable by the proper uid. > > Many server admin

[Cooker] Named running as nobody

2000-10-04 Thread Matt Steven
I'm aware (and appreciative) that you chose to have httpd run as user "apache". Why not have bind run as user "named" rather than "nobody". This ensures that the files in /var/named are only writable by the proper uid. Many server admins like to run apache and other services as user "nobody