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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:35:42 -0700
From:      Gregory Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>
To:        Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: named rc.d
Message-ID:  <20060802063542.GE8586@gir.gshapiro.net>
In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0608012324w1408b46cx46254f3697289fdb@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3aaaa3a0608012324w1408b46cx46254f3697289fdb@mail.gmail.com>

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> Apologies if posted to wrong list, the rc.d script for named chowns
> /etc/namedb to root:wheel if set to bind:bind why is this?  A slave
> named server running as bind user cannot download new slave zones if
> dir ownership is root or update it if file ownerships are root which I
> sometimes see.

Slave zones should be put in the slave subdirectory which is owned by
bind.  You want as few directories/files owned by the bind "run as" user
as possible to prevent damage if that user becomes compromised.



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