On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 16:07 +0200, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I tried to have named working for a private network but failed and the > message in the log file is quite cryptic for me: > > > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: starting BIND 9.2.4 -u named > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: using 1 CPU > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named: Démarrage de named succeeded > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: loading configuration from > '/etc/named.conf' > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, > 127.0.0.1#53 > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: listening on IPv4 interface > eth1, 192.168.2.1#53 > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: listening on IPv4 interface > eth0, 192.168.1.5#53 > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost kernel: audit(1125839758.430:0): avc: > denied { read } for pid=4099 exe=/usr/sbin/named name=root dev=hda10 > ino=137955 scontext=root:system_r:named_t tcontext=root:object_r:var_t > tclass=file > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: could not configure root hints > from 'root': permission denied > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: loading configuration: > permission denied > Sep 4 18:45:58 localhost named[4098]: exiting (due to fatal error) > > > > What's the meaning? and how to solve this problem. Try: # restorecon -R /var/named > I have configurated named with FC1 without any problem and tried to do > the same with FC3, but it doesn't work! I think you may have edited a configuration file and then moved it into place under /var/named; that will result in a file with the wrong security context, which is the problem you have here. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>