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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I just installed the Authoritative server 4.4.0 on a CentOS 8 virtual machine and I’m trying to get a simple pipebackend running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The backend is a python script that runs from the command line, but pdns_server fails to start and give the following error:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">[PIPEBackend] Unable to launch, fatal argument error: Command '/home/webapps/dns/bin/backend.py' cannot be executed: Permission><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Caught an exception instantiating a backend: Command '/home/webapps/dns/bin/backend.py' cannot be executed: Permission denied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Cleaning up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Distributor caught fatal exception: Command '/home/webapps/dns/bin/backend.py' cannot be executed: Permission denied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The permissions on the script and all directories in the path are 755 …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Any ideas about why pdns_server (running under the pdns id) does not have permissions to run a program with 755 permissions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dan Campbell</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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