[Pdns-users] pdns-recursor Permissions Error

[Michael Ströder]

On 1/7/20 3:00 PM, Sharone Bakara wrote:
> On 7 Jan 2020, at 16:55, Remi Gacogne <remi.gacogne at powerdns.com> wrote:
>> On 1/7/20 2:41 PM, Sharone wrote:
>>> '/var/run/pdns-recursor': Permission denied"*
>> I'm not sure of what your SNMP setup is, but it looks like the user
>> invoking rec_control does not have the rights to create a new file in
>> /var/run/pdns-recursor. What happens if you invoke the rec_control
>> command directly as the 'pdns' user?
>
> I get the same error as when I run it root.

Whenever "permissions denied" happens while running an action as root
I'd check whether SELinux or AppArmor blocks some access.
=> check your audit log (assuming you're running auditd)

Ciao, Michael.