Re: /proc directory inside /var/named?

[D Adusumalli <asndpp () gmail com>]

Hi Roger,

Running services in chroot jail is recommended option.

What is the type of DNS server you have configured (caching server/name server)?

It is better to go back and explore fine tuning threads/processes of
the services and hardening the box to aid in improving performance.

- Durga

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM, { Feeyo|NixDevs }<feeyo () nixdevs com> wrote:
> This is normal when DNS is in a chroot environment.
> I would check some logs out execute the command: top to see where the load
> is coming from.
>
> On 9/1/2009 1:23 AM, Roger D Vargas wrote:
> > I received another auditing task, this time the client is complaining
> > about DNS and MySQL slow response. Trying to make a copy of bind
> > configuration to study it at home i found something curious: there is a
> > whole /proc or something like that inside the /var/named/chroot
> > directory (cant remember the exact path). The system should be a Fedora
> > (didnt had time to check it, but Iknow the client and he usually has
> > Fedora 6). Is there any reason to have such thing inside /var/named?
> > About MySQL, Im not so fond of it, so, can somebody suggest me what
> > reasons can cause slow response? The server does some basic hosting for
> > 10-15 joomla sites, so, I dont think that could generate a significant
> > load.
>
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