Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:50:27 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: David Drum <david@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/22038: Default location of named.pid file assumes named is running as root Message-ID: <20001017225027.A88362@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20001017081857.C46425@elvis.mu.org>; from david@mu.org on Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 08:18:58AM -0500 References: <200010170900.CAA96493@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001017081857.C46425@elvis.mu.org>
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 08:18:58AM -0500, David Drum wrote: > I am trying to look at this from the perspective of someone who is > completely new to FreeBSD and wants to run named as a non-privileged user. > The "-u bind -g bind" options are given in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. I guess it would be nice to make these work in a simpler manner, but I think the trouble for exsting users would probably outweigh the number of novice users trying these options. Maybe the best thing to do is to expand on the comment in rc.conf and add a commented out example line in out default named.conf? David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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