Thank you for your help. I also got a fresh install working with the named.service (without configuring). I normally work on my computers really late at night, so I will look further into it tonight. Thank you all for your help!! Anthony Radzykewycz On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. wrote: > Anthony, > I looked a little further... > In Centos7 (without chroot, I have not looked at the chroot version), the > named.conf file is in /etc and not /etc/named. > The start up file is /usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service which will show > you what is being called and from where. > > I wish I was more help, but I have done very little with CentOS7. All my DNS > servers are running on CentOS5 and I need to think about replacing them, > which I would do on CentOS7. > > Gilbert > > > On 11/21/2014 12:02 PM, Anthony Radzykewycz wrote: >> >> Oh ok. Thank you!! I will start from the beginning again and work on >> it until I break it or it works. I guess I am lucky in the respect >> that I am doing all of this from scratch. Thank you for the info and I >> will let you know if my initial install doesn't start BIND still. >> >> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Anthony Radzykewycz >> wrote: >>> >>> Ok. I will also install a VM to try to recreate it. I can attempt to >>> start the named service right after my install to see if I screwed >>> something up. Thanks for your help. :-) >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Anthony, >>>> I looked at your responses to TJ, Lisa, and myself. What you provided >>>> does >>>> not tell me what the issue is. Have you tried starting from scratch? >>>> Uninstall bind, delete leftover configuration files found in /var/named >>>> and >>>> /etc/named, reinstall, and try to start the base configuration with no >>>> modifications? I am going to create a test environment here and see if I >>>> can >>>> get the same issue to appear. >>>> >>>> Gilbert >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/20/2014 10:00 PM, tjones136@cox.net wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anthony, >>>>> >>>>> If the chrooted bind on CentOS 7 is anything like the one on RHEL 6, >>>>> all >>>>> the files should be relative to the /var/named/chroot directory. Which >>>>> would put "/etc/named.conf" at /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf, >>>>> /var/named >>>>> would be /var/named/chroot/var/named, and so on. >>>>> >>>>> Or you could remove the bind-chroot package and see if bind starts in >>>>> your >>>>> current configuration. >>>>> >>>>> TJ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---- Anthony Radzykewycz wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>>>> I am trying to get a DNS/DHCP server up and running using CentOS >>>>>> 7. >>>>>> I >>>>>> have modified the /etc/named.conf file and created the zone files. I >>>>>> attempt to start the named service with 'systemctl start named,' and >>>>>> it >>>>>> fails. Upon investigating 'systemctl status named.service,' it shows >>>>>> that >>>>>> BIND will not start. BIND is installed on the system. I read quite a >>>>>> few >>>>>> forums to no avail. Some were saying that the issue is with the >>>>>> bind-chroot >>>>>> package (which I re-installed), another stated that it was SElinux (I >>>>>> ran >>>>>> 'restorecon /etc/named.conf' 'touch /.autorelabel' 'reboot'). That >>>>>> also >>>>>> did >>>>>> not resolve the issue. Does anyone have an idea as to why BIND will >>>>>> not >>>>>> start? >>>>>> Anthony Radzykewycz >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss