user/group named

2007-12-24 22:58:00

I'm about to bring a DNS system online and wanted to get some feedback.

-- Most Solaris system I've seen, named just runs/owns by root.
-- Most Linux (ie. Redhat) I've seen, named runs/owns by named
(user and group) --only /var/named and everything below owns
by named (user and group).

My question is, does it matter if named is own by root or named? I can see
why Redhat/Linux is set so there's a user named and group named for another
layer of security, but how big of a deal if named is run/own by root? or is
this just "matter of preference"?

Thanks.

- Mike

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