We reference the pid file as being run/named/pid everywere else. --- bin/named/include/named/globals.h.orig 2019-02-10 20:07:38 UTC +++ bin/named/include/named/globals.h @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ EXTERN bool named_g_forcelock INIT(false); #if NAMED_RUN_PID_DIR EXTERN const char * named_g_defaultpidfile INIT(NAMED_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/named/" - "named.pid"); + "pid"); #else EXTERN const char * named_g_defaultpidfile INIT(NAMED_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/named.pid");