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Mention that on Linux, permission denied errors may also be seen on zone files

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@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ number of threads running is n+4, where n is the number of CPUs.
Q: Why does BIND 9 log "permission denied" errors accessing its
configuration files on my Linux system even though it is running as
root?
configuration files or zones on my Linux system even though it is running
as root?
A: On Linux, BIND 9 drops most of its root privileges on startup.
This including the privilege to open files owned by other users.
Therefore, if the server is running as root, the configuration files
should also be owned by root.
and zone files should also be owned by root.
Q: Why do I get errors like "dns_zone_load: zone foo/IN: loading master file
@ -96,4 +96,3 @@ caveats of the previous answer still apply, of course.
file "/dev/null"; // or any empty file
};
};