permission problem /var/run/named.pid

Hi list, I have a permission problem with the file /var/run/named.pid. permissions are: drwxrwxr-x 3 root uucp 4096 Jan 18 10:52 /var/run -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 4 11:13 /var/run/named.pid The daemon is running as: startproc /usr/sbin/named -u named -g named Everytime after startup or reload of named the following occurs in /var/log/messages: ... named[...]: couldn't create pid file '/var/run/named.pid' How can I solve this problem? chown named.named /var/run/named.pid ? andy -- ------------------------------- mailto:Andreas.Tirok@beusen.de fon: +49 30 549932-37 fax: +49 30 549932-21