named / bind on 6.1RC2

[Jim Pazarena]

Jim Pazarena wrote:
> something seems to have changed with named on 6.1 compared to 6.0
> 
> using defaults named cannot create the /var/run/named.pid file.
> after changing permissions of /var/run to 777, THEN named runs and
> creates a named.pid of: bind:wheel
> 
> upon reading I see a "new" rc.conf variable ->  named_uid
> I added named_uid="0" , changed /var/run back to defaults 755 ,
> rebooted and named doesn't even attempt to run (nothing in the
> log file).

named_uid="root"    works :-(
                    I never thought to try a "name" rather than a number

> 
> I don't need a jail environment, therefore have
> named_chrootdir=""  in my rc.conf
> 
> can someone please advise where I am going wrong? on 6.0 it just 'works'
> 
> Thanks.