New install, cannot start dns server

[unomateo]

fresh install on Fedora 4. First thing I did was upgrade to WHM11.

When I try to start dns server is failes with this error:
named has failed, please contact the sysadmin (result was "named is not running"). May 11 00:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: starting BIND 9.3.1 -u named -t /var/named/chroot May 11 07:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: found 4 CPUs, using 4 worker threads May 11 07:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' May 11 07:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: none:0: open: /etc/named.conf: permission denied May 11 07:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: loading configuration: permission denied May 11 07:10:27 14423-26474 named[23231]: exiting (due to fatal error)

I've tried everything fixndc, fixnamed, I've chowned the rndc key and conf to named.named

I removed and reinstalled bind.

I really need help

[cPanelDavidG]

Fedora Core 4 is not supported for new installations of cPanel/WHM. I would recommend using Fedora Core 5 instead.

[jsilvestre]

Dear unomateo,

try uninstall named with yum remove bind and reinstall them again with yum install bind.

[rachweb]

you can use beter CentOS then Fedora. The support of Fedora is shortly and is a devel OS

[unomateo]

Dear unomateo,

try uninstall named with yum remove bind and reinstall them again with yum install bind.

I did...it did not work. It was a permission problem. The colocation took care of the problem.

now my question is, can I upgrade to core 5, or do I have to do a complete reinstall?

[cpanelkenneth]

I did...it did not work. It was a permission problem. The colocation took care of the problem.

now my question is, can I upgrade to core 5, or do I have to do a complete reinstall?

Fedora support for Fedora Core 5 is due to end soon (within months) it is more prudent to:

* Install Fedora Core 6
* Wait and install Fedora 7
* Install CentOS 4 or 5 and no longer play the constant upgrade game of Fedora

[unomateo]

is it possible to upgrade from fedora core 4 to 5/6 remotely...

what is recommended? I cannot upgrade locally. I have seen some threads on how to do it, but I do not knwo if they were howto with local system access.

thanks

[WhmSonic]

Hello,
This is a permission problem on some files here is my fix way:

chown -R named:named /etc/named.conf
chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
chmod 755 /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
service named restart

This will fix your named file permission error.

[travisjohnson]

This code is truly a life saver - named finally restarted. I used the /scripts/upcp to update my cpanel, next thing I know named was down and none of my sites would showup. After doing some soul searching, I found this thread and code to restart the named server.
Here it is again:

chown -R named:named /etc/named.conf
chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
chmod 755 /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
service named restart

Thanks!!

Here is my response to the above code:

Starting named: [FAILED]
root@server [~]# chown -R named:named /etc/named.conf
root@server [~]# chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
root@server [~]# chmod 755 /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
root@server [~]# service named restart
Stopping named: [FAILED]
Starting named: [ OK ]

[unomateo]

we have a fresh install with fedora core 6 and cpanel 11.
Named failed to start after install.

I ran the above script and it still failed?

[root@cp tmp]# chown -R named:named /etc/named.conf
[root@cp tmp]# chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
[root@cp tmp]# chmod 755 /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
[root@cp tmp]# service named restart
Stopping named:                                            [FAILED]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
/etc/named.conf:65: open: /var/named/named.rfc1912.zones: file not found 

[LiquidWebBenny]

Hello,
This is a permission problem on some files here is my fix way:

chown -R named:named /etc/named.conf
chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
chmod 755 /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
service named restart

This will fix your named file permission error.

This fixed it for me. Thanks.

[gounder]

I you remove bind chances are that caching-nameserver will removed as well. So make sure you install "caching-nameserver" as well.

# yum install caching-nameserver