To avoid below error messages like [23109:0] error: Could not open autotrust file for writing, /etc/dnssec/root-anchors.txt: Permission denied set 'trust-anchor-file' to same value in 'auto-trust-anchor-file'. diff -ur unbound-1.5.7.orig/doc/example.conf.in unbound-1.5.7/doc/example.conf.in --- unbound-1.5.7.orig/doc/example.conf.in 2015-12-10 08:59:18.000000000 +0100 +++ unbound-1.5.7/doc/example.conf.in 2016-01-05 04:08:01.666760015 +0100 @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ # with several entries, one file per entry. # Zone file format, with DS and DNSKEY entries. # Note this gets out of date, use auto-trust-anchor-file please. - # trust-anchor-file: "" + # trust-anchor-file: "@UNBOUND_ROOTKEY_FILE@" # Trusted key for validation. DS or DNSKEY. specify the RR on a # single line, surrounded by "". TTL is ignored. class is IN default.