Take the 2-minute tour ×  Ever since i've upgraded to ubuntu
9.10, bind9 wont start:  Setting up bind9
(1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2) ...  * Starting domain name
service... bind9                                 [fail]  invoke-
rc.d: initscript bind9, action "start" failed. dpkg: error
processing bind9 (--configure):  subprocess installed post-
installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were
encountered while processing:  Any ideas?  share|improve this
question If you take a peak inside /var/log/daemon.log, do you
there find any hints to why bind9 fails to start? –  andol Dec 9
'09 at 19:23 hadn't thought to look there. It seems that it cant
open the /etc/bind/named.conf file due to permissions. – 
Logikdev Dec 9 '09 at 19:27 what permission group:user you get
when you ls /etc/bind/named.conf? –  Anarko_Bizounours Aug 8 '11
at 10:34 add comment  4 Answers  Have you had the bind9 package
installed before, done a non-purge removal and then afterwards
removed files from /etc/bind/? If so, the solution is