missing dns server configuration file

danibhai · 12-21-2009, 02:00 AM

hi
i have configured a dns server on rhel5 , however i'm unable to find /etc/named.conf ? is the named.conf file same as named-caching-nameserver.conf ?

i have made sure that the following rpm's have been installed;
bind, bind-chroot, bind-utils and caching-nameserver .
I'm i missing something?

bathory · 12-21-2009, 03:19 AM

Hi,

In rhel bind istalls chrooted under /var/named/chroot, so named.conf is located at /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

Regards

danibhai · 12-21-2009, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Hi,

In rhel bind istalls chrooted under /var/named/chroot, so named.conf is located at /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

Regards

still unable to find named.conf under /var/named/chroot/etc/
the only files listed under this dir are: localtime, named.caching-nameserver.conf, named.rfc1912.zones and rndc.key

bathory · 12-21-2009, 07:53 AM

If you want to setup just a caching only name server then named.caching-nameserver.conf is used.
To setup an authoritative dns, you can use /usr/share/doc/bind-9.3.6/sample/etc/named.conf (the path may vary depending on bind version). Copy it to /etc/named.conf and change it to your liking.

Regards

danibhai · 12-21-2009, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

If you want to setup just a caching only name server then named.caching-nameserver.conf is used.
To setup an authoritative dns, you can use /usr/share/doc/bind-9.3.6/sample/etc/named.conf (the path may vary depending on bind version). Copy it to /etc/named.conf and change it to your liking.

Regards

Thank you sir...