Re: bind running as root in Mandrake 7.0

[nneul () UMR EDU (Nathan Neulinger)]

> bind does not bind 0.0.0.0:53. It for one or another reason binds every
> interface separately. Hence if an interface is not available at bind start
> time and bind does not run as root the interfaces are not rebound.

It is necessary to separately bind to the interfaces in order to
determine which interface a request came in on. This is needed for some
of bind's security mechanisms.

-- Nathan

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