> > interesting... I an not getting this error on my windows dns servers.
>
> It's one of the bogosities of the RaQs:
>
> Usually the zone file is updated automatically by bind - if that file is
> outdated.
>
> However, the zone files (including /etc/named/db.cache - which is the
"hints"
> file) are owned by user "root". A while Sun Cobalt got wise and no longer
> runs the named process as user root, but user named instead, which is more
> secure.
>
> However, the zone files (and anything in /etc/named) are still owned by
user
> root, so the named process cannot update any of those files. Likewise all
> zone transfers initiated by the RaQ will fail.
>
> Quick fix (as user root):
>
> chown -R named:named /etc/named/
>
> The Solarspeed.net bind-8.3.3-2.pkg and bind-8.3.4.pkg fix this permission
> issue upon installation. But of course only for record files (and
db.cache)
> which are present at the time of the install of the PKG file.
>
> --
>
> With best regards,
>
> Michael Stauber
I have just recently seen this in my logs when I make changes to DNS and I
do have bind-8.3.4.pkg installed. (Thanks Solarspeed)
Dec 29 11:53:09 www named[512]: /etc/named.conf:3: syntax error near '}'
Dec 29 11:53:09 www named[512]: master zone "domain.com" (IN) loaded (serial
2002122911)
Dec 29 11:53:09 www named[512]: couldn't create pid file
'/var/run/named.pid'
Any thoughts
--Todd