On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 17:37 +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > Hi > > On FC5 I have dhcpd running and attemtping to update the DNS server from > DHCP. > > a log output from bind is as follows: > > 31-Jul-2006 17:27:55.658 general: notice: running > 31-Jul-2006 17:28:08.013 update: info: client 192.168.10.254#32826: > updating zone 'bac.org.au/IN': adding an RR at 'box.bac.org.au' A > 31-Jul-2006 17:28:08.014 update: info: client 192.168.10.254#32826: > updating zone 'bac.org.au/IN': adding an RR at 'box.bac.org.au' TXT > 31-Jul-2006 17:28:08.015 general: info: journal file > /var/named/bac.org.au.hosts.jnl does not exist, creating it > 31-Jul-2006 17:28:08.016 general: error: > /var/named/bac.org.au.hosts.jnl: create: permission denied > 31-Jul-2006 17:28:08.016 update: info: client 192.168.10.254#32826: > updating zone 'bac.org.au/IN': error: journal open failed: unexpected error > > I am sure my dhcpd and named config files are ok, as far as allowing > dynamic updates are concerned anyway ... but there seems to be a > permission problem in trying to create bind's zone journal. > > I have fiddled with permissions, even going so far as to use 777 !! ... > but the error persists. The update apparantly fails because this journal > can not be created and/or written. This is a stock standard FC5 > installation. > > I suspect this is something to do with the chrooted environment in which > bind is running .... > > Any ideas people? /var/named isn't normally writable by the named process. Try configuring your DNS server to maintain the DDNS zone file in the /var/named/slaves directory instead, which is writable by named. Paul.
