I need a BIG amount of expert help!

OK. I have recently aquired a Linux server running Fedora Core 3 and Plesk 7.5 Reloaded control panel. I have had problems from the beginning. First I got Errorcode: 13 (I had to chmod the /etc directory), then I had problems with the location of the named.conf file, and now I am having problems with the named service and dnsmng.

When I try to change the name of my server I get the message
Unable to restart Named: dnsmng failed: dnsmng failed: dnsmng: Service named failed to restart
When I tried to restart the Named service manually through SSH
Code: 
/sbin/service named restart
or
Code: 
/sbin/service named --full-restart
absolutely nothing at all happens. At one point it said 'The service named could not be recognised' or something similar, but now nothing.

When I attempt to add a domain I get the message
Failed domain creation: Unable to update domain data: Unable to create the DNS zone for domain: dnsmng failed: dnsmng failed: dnsmng: Unable to open DNS config file: No such file or directory
As I mentioned earlier, I had problems with the location of the named.conf file. It looked as though Plesk was looking for it in /var/named/run-root/etc and this directory didn't even exist on my server. The name.conf file existed only in my /etc folder. I then had the 'great' idea of copying the entire contents of /etc to /var/named/run-root/etc. This seemed to work, as it allowed me to remove the domain I had not been able to remove before. But then I hit a new problem, and I undid my cp *. Dnsmng seemed to be appearing in error messages all the time!

For example when I try to remove a domain now I get the error message
Unable to remove domain: Unable to turn the domain OFF: domainmng failed: domain mng: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/dnsmng execution failed:

dnsmng: Unable to openDNS config file: No such file or directory
I would really appreciate some help and advice by an 'expert'. Should I ask for a Plesk reinstall, or is it something that I can fix in SSH? Or alternatively, is it something absolutely nothing to do with Plesk. I am open to suggestions! Help me please!

 

 

 

 

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