4.10-BETA named (not) starting

[Kenneth W Cochran]

>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:09:38 -0400
>From: Ken Smith <kensmith at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc at theworld.com>
>Subject: Re: 4.10-BETA named (not) starting
>
>On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:17:09AM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> I just updated to -stable as of 2004/04/14 and named is not
>> starting at bootup.
>> 
>> >From /var/log/messages:
>> 
>> Apr 15 07:38:14 <console.info> localhost /kernel: can't open '/etc/namedb/named.conf'
>> 
>> But, if I become root & type "ndc start", named starts &
>> seems to run as before.
>> 
>> Any idea(s) what's happening here and/or how to fix?
>
>Just checking.  Did you run 'mergemaster' as part of the upgrade?

Yes; named config appeared to be unaffected.
It would appear the the "can't open" message is a
permission problem of some kind, but from the *kernel*?
And that file is root:wheel 644.  As mentioned, ndc saw
it & started named just fine.  Strange...

-kc