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Re: bind running as root in Mandrake 7.0

From: adavis () THREKSTUN NET (Andrew L . Davis)
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:39:01 -0400


On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 04:03:51PM +0200, Nicolas MONNET wrote:

bind is run as user / group 'root' in Mandrake 7.0, and probably in
Redhat6.x as well.


Debian Slink and Potato (frozen) both install BIND 8.2.2R5 as root.

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