Index: bin/named/include/named/globals.h
--- bin/named/include/named/globals.h.orig
+++ bin/named/include/named/globals.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EXTERN const char *named_g_defaultpidfile INIT(NAMED_L
 								   "named.pid");
 #endif /* if NAMED_RUN_PID_DIR */
 
-EXTERN const char *named_g_username INIT(NULL);
+EXTERN const char *named_g_username INIT("_bind");
 
 EXTERN const char *named_g_engine INIT(NULL);
 
