[Opendnssec-user] ods-signerd: adapter failed (Unable to open file)

[Randy Bush]

freebsd 11.1-RELEASE-p10
opendnssec version 1.4.14

ods-signerd: [tools] unable to write zone lr: adapter failed (Unable to open file)
ods-signerd: [worker[1]] CRITICAL: failed to sign zone lr: Unable to open file

how do i find out which file/dir is the issue?  is there a nice perms
checker i can run?  can i have a pony? :)

thanks!

randy