ferricoxide<p><span>I run </span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@centos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@centos@fosstodon.org</a><span> Stream 9 on a </span><a href="https://evil.social/tags/VPS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VPS</a><span> server (and have done so for several years, now). I use the server to host vanity-domains' web sites and, especially, email for my mother, my wife and myself (used to be more than that, but dad died and several friends ultimately decided that they were ok with </span><code>@gmail.com</code><span> domains). <br><br>At any rate, it's been an, uh, "adventure". Over time, some RPMs stop being updatable. Other RPMs seem to break things when they update. One of the "seem to break things" frequent-flyer RPMs is </span><code>named</code><span>'s.<br><br>As part of running vanity domains, I run my own </span><code>named</code><span> server on my VPS. For security reasons, I run the </span><code>named</code><span> service </span><code>chroot</code><span>ed. Every few updates, the RPMs will break the service's startup by changing ownerships or permissions in key directories used by the </span><code>named</code><span> service. While, like today's service-breaking ownership-change, I noticed the problem before rebooting, I often don't immediately notice. Usually something like a "why's email not coming in" message from my mom or wife will tip me off that (ultimately) </span><code>named</code><span> has failed to start (for one reason or another).<br><br>I didn't have these problems under prior (i.e., non "Stream") CentOS releases. I'm hoping that come time to update to EL 10, that my VPS-provider will have images for either </span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@almalinux@fosstodon.org</a><span> or </span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@rockylinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rockylinux@fosstodon.org</a><span>. It's (obviously) my further hope that one of those distros will prove to be more reliable than CentOS Stream 9 </span><i><span>ever</span></i><span> was.</span></p>