Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:51:04 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Gene Harris" <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: chroot option for named Message-ID: <022301bf6ccc$255c5700$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002010852420.2774-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>
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Hi,
Try the "-b" flag to tell bind where to look for the config file,
something like this:
unix# named -b /tmp/named/named.conf -u testuser -g testgrp -t /tmp/named
Good Luck...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:00 AM
Subject: chroot option for named
> I have been playing around with the -t option for named.
> I created a testuser and testgrp along with a directory
> /tmp/named to try out the options. I used the command line
> named -u testuser -g testgrp -t /tmp/named.
>
> When I start named this way, I get an error message that
> named cannot find named.conf. The only way I was able to
> get the program to operate correctly was to create
> /tmp/named/etc/namedb directory and then move named.conf
> from the normal etc directory.
>
> Is this the correct behavior? Or did I make a typical
> newbie mistake? :-)
>
> *==============================================*
> *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com*
> *FreeBSD Novice *
> *==============================================*
>
>
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