Fix error where BIND DNS won't connect to statistics port

Fix BIND failing to open its statistics channel port because SELinux denies it, using semanage.

Updated 2026-11-12Sami Ait Ali Oulahcen

1. The error#

If you get errors like:

/etc/named.conf:31: couldn't allocate statistics channel ::1#8053: permission denied

/etc/named.conf:31: couldn't allocate statistics channel 127.0.0.1#8053: permission denied

It's probably SElinux denying bind to connect to that port.

You can allow bind to connect to the port through semanage:

semanage port -a -t dns_port_t -p tcp 8053