Sir
i try to install bind to configure dns server in rhel5 using
[root@telnet ~]# yum install bind*
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for bind-chroot to pack into transaction set.
bind-chroot-9.3.3-7.el5.i 100% |=========================| 38 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-chroot.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind-sdb to pack into transaction set.
bind-sdb-9.3.3-7.el5.i386 100% |=========================| 40 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-sdb.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind-libbind-devel to pack into transaction set.
bind-libbind-devel-9.3.3- 100% |=========================| 41 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-libbind-devel.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind-devel to pack into transaction set.
bind-devel-9.3.3-7.el5.i3 100% |=========================| 82 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-devel.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind-libs to pack into transaction set.
bind-libs-9.3.3-7.el5.i38 100% |=========================| 38 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-libs.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind-utils to pack into transaction set.
bind-utils-9.3.3-7.el5.i3 100% |=========================| 37 kB 00:00
---> Package bind-utils.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for bind to pack into transaction set.
bind-9.3.3-7.el5.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 49 kB 00:00
---> Package bind.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
bind i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 954 k
bind-chroot i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 38 k
bind-devel i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 2.6 M
bind-libbind-devel i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 440 k
bind-libs i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 834 k
bind-sdb i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 223 k
bind-utils i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 rhel-debuginfo 162 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 7 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 5.1 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
warning: bind-chroot-9.3.3-7.el5: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: bind-libs ######################### [1/7]
Installing: bind ######################### [2/7]
Installing: bind-utils ######################### [3/7]
Installing: bind-chroot ######################### [4/7]
Locating /var/named/chroot//etc/named.conf failed:
[FAILED]
Installing: bind-sdb ######################### [5/7]
Installing: bind-libbind-devel ######################### [6/7]
Installing: bind-devel ######################### [7/7]

Installed: bind.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-chroot.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-devel.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-libbind-devel.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-libs.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-sdb.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5 bind-utils.i386 30:9.3.3-7.el5
Complete!


named.conf is not installed .

pls help me

... I just found this hint

make sure the ROOTDIR-Variable in /etc/sysconfig/named contains
code:
ROOTDIR=/var/named/run-root
Updating via YUM resets it to ROOTDIR=/var/named/chroot

You should be able to copy named.conf from:

/usr/share/doc/bind-9.3.3/sample/etc

After the installation if it won't install it to the chroot dir.