--- bind-9.3.5/bin/named/include/named/globals.h

+++ bind-9.3.5/bin/named/include/named/globals.h

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ EXTERN isc_resourcevalue_t	ns_g_initopenfiles	INIT(0);

  * Misc.

  */

 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_coreok		INIT(ISC_TRUE);

-EXTERN const char *		ns_g_chrootdir		INIT(NULL);

+EXTERN const char *		ns_g_chrootdir		INIT("@ROOT@");

 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_foreground		INIT(ISC_FALSE);

 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_logstderr		INIT(ISC_FALSE);

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ EXTERN const char *		lwresd_g_defaultpidfile INIT(NS_LOCALSTATEDIR

 							    "/run/lwresd.pid");

 EXTERN const char *		ns_g_pidfile		INIT(NS_LOCALSTATEDIR

 							    "/run/named.pid");

-EXTERN const char *		ns_g_username		INIT(NULL);

+EXTERN const char *		ns_g_username		INIT("named");

 EXTERN int			ns_g_listen		INIT(3);

--- bind-9.3.5/bin/named/named.8

+++ bind-9.3.5/bin/named/named.8

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, part of the BIND 9 distribution from ISC.

 .PP

 When invoked without arguments,

 \fBnamed\fR

-will read the default configuration file

+will \fBchroot()\fR to \fI@ROOT@\fR, read the default configuration file

 \fI/etc/named.conf\fR, read any initial data, and listen for queries.

 .SH "OPTIONS"

 .PP

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ are mutually exclusive.

 Use

 \fIconfig\-file\fR

 as the configuration file instead of the default,

-\fI/etc/named.conf\fR. To ensure that reloading the configuration file continues to work after the server has changed its working directory due to to a possible

+\fI@ROOT@/etc/named.conf\fR. To ensure that reloading the configuration file continues to work after the server has changed its working directory due to a possible

 \fBdirectory\fR

 option in the configuration file,

 \fIconfig\-file\fR

@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers and may be removed or cha

 to

 \fIdirectory\fR

 after processing the command line arguments, but before reading the configuration file.

+By default, \fBnamed\fR \fBchroot()\fR's to \fI@ROOT@\fR.

 .RS

 .B "Warning:"

 This option should be used in conjunction with the

@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ is defined allows a process with root privileges to escape a chroot jail.

 to

 \fIuser\fR

 after completing privileged operations, such as creating sockets that listen on privileged ports.

+By default, \fBnamed\fR will run as user \fInamed\fR.

 .RS

 .B "Note:"

 On Linux,