it was directory location and permitions .. <div>On 7/19/06, Gregory Machin <<a href="mailto:gregory.machin@gmail.com">gregory.machin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hi Im getting permission denied errors when my secondary server trys to fetch the zone from the master.. both are standard fc 5 installs and configured via the dns system-config-bind tool. any ideas why it would do this. ? Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: starting BIND 9.3.2 -u named -t /var/named/chroot Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: found 1 CPU, using 1 worker thread Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 196.*.*.*#53 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 192.*.*.*#53 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 42 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa /IN: loaded serial 1997022700 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 42 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa /IN: loaded serial 1997022700 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone localdomain/IN: loaded serial 42 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: running Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: zone <a href="http://dnsgods.co.za/IN" title="http://dnsgods.co.za/IN" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dnsgods.co.za/IN</a>: Transfer started. Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: transfer of '<a href="http://gods.co.za/IN" title="http://gods.co.za/IN" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gods.co.za/IN</a>' from 196.*.*.*#53: connected using 196.*.*.*#37170 Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: dumping master file: tmp-DrFyytyAyk: open: permission denied Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: transfer of '<a href="http://gods.co.za/IN" title="http://gods.co.za/IN" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> gods.co.za/IN</a>' from 196.*.*.*#53: failed while receiving responses: permission denied Jul 19 14:07:37 ns2 named[11068]: transfer of '<a href="http://gods.co.za/IN" title="http://gods.co.za/IN" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gods.co.za/IN</a>' from 196.*.*.*#53: end of transfer </div><div> -- Gregory Machin <a href="mailto:gregory.machin@gmail.com" title="mailto:gregory.machin@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> gregory.machin@gmail.com</a> <a href="http://www.linuxpro.co.za" title="http://www.linuxpro.co.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.linuxpro.co.za</a> </div></blockquote></div> -- Gregory Machin <a href="mailto:gregory.machin@gmail.com">gregory.machin@gmail.com</a> <a href="http://www.linuxpro.co.za">www.linuxpro.co.za</a>