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Distribution: VMware V12 and V15 in Windows 10, MX Linux 23.1, Kubuntu 23.10, IBM z/VM 5.4
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Configuring DNS Secondary DNS (Slave) Servers
Greetings,
When setting up the DNS Server do I need to configure a slave server? And if not can I just comment out the lines in the config file which refer to the secondary slave?
I have a very small system and a slave server wouldn't benefit me.
According to the RFCs, a domain must have at least two, and preferably three authoritative name servers on different subsets.
Slave servers are a way to have “single point of maintenance” to maintain that replication.
Does a given name server have to have a slave? No.
Will commenting out those lines in the config file work? Try it and see. (I think it will, but I don’t know for sure)
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