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Old 01-18-2002, 10:45 AM   #1
bufordt
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DNS Setup


I'm doing my best to learn more about Linux by setting up a DNS server. I am using Osborne's Linux Administration, A Beginners Guide, as a reference. I also have The Complete Reference, Linux, The 4th Edition. I must admit I'm not having much luck. I am using a system that has RH 7.1, that was installed by a coworker. It did not have Bind or Bind Utilities. I installed both the RPMs for them. I then decided I may as well install the latest version of bind, 9.2.0, and away I went.

I placed the bind-9.2.0.tar.gz in the usr/local/src directory. A Beginner's Guide says that if you want to stick to the Red Hat locations, you should run ./configure --prefix=/usr. That's what I did. I went on to run make and make install. Everything appeared to work properly.

The first thing I started looking for is the named.conf file in the /etc directory. It's not there. There are numerous examples in the bind-9.2.0 sub-directories, but they have every option conceivable. One book mentions a dnsconf to create a named.conf file. I can't find that. Another references a named-bootconf.pl script provided with the Bind software that will convert an old named.boot file. That's good. I have a named.boot file and would like to convert it. However, there is no named-bootconf.pl file.

Since I used ./configure --prefix=/usr to configure bind, did that overwrite the files for Bind 9.1? Where are the Bind 9.1 files installed by default with RPMs? Or, is my new Bind install using the files in /usr/local/src/bind-9.2.0?

Everything I read indicates that there should be a named.conf in the /etc directory. There is not. Is that because you have to create it? I know that I need to customize my own, but I'm under the impression that there should be a named.conf file in /etc now.

What about this named-bootconf.pl script, does it exist? Where can I get it? How about a dnsconf? Where would I find it? I couldn't find it in the RPM's. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have these 2 reference manuals, and it seems that something has been omitted.

Regards,

Buford T.


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Old 03-01-2002, 05:46 AM   #2
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Perhaps you could download and use a tool called webmin to administer your BIND installation.
 
  


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