Well it can't hurt, that's for sure, thanks, I'll take a crack at it...

What exactly are you trying to do? Simply "Clicking" on something doesn't make it work - so, stop being a clixx0r and go read some basic linux documentation.

From what you've posted so far, you seem to show a lack of basic knowledge about linux - it's hard to run if you can't walk first, so i'd recommend learning basic shell commands (The Linux Users Guide is good for this) and then move on to more complex issues, such as configuring Bind. The System Administrators Guide and Network Administrators Guide are also useful for learning more about configuring linux - especially slackware. These useful guides can be found at http://www.tldp.org/.

naz

This is true, I do have a "seriouse lack" of Linux Knowledge, I'm a Windows Guru that got tired of trying to deal with the Win2k Advanced Server, it will not do what a Linux & Apache webserver will do, and still be stable. So I decided to go Linux, it is not easy, but then again what good things come easy?

My Problem is that I know what needs to be done, but when looking for the command, I get one that won't work, or my books say go to this folder and it doesn't exist, now that is what gets on my nerves. I wish My Problems were just me and my learning curve...

Thanks for the link above, I'll get digging...

There isn't a gui for bind. I didn't relized that's what you were looking for. You configure the files and run named like most linux services, ssh, telnet, ftp........

If you don't have a book specifically for your flavor of linux, then sometimes files maybe located in slightly different areas. But all are generally located in the same area.

I wasn't looking for a GUI, just for someplace to edit a file somehow was my thinking. I'm a newbie at Linux ( ex-windows wiz ) and am not creative enought with Linux to know where to go searching, you see - to me if it is not where my book says it is, it might as well be lost and gone forever, so I have to keep reading the same stuff untill I hopefully figure out where else to look "I Haven't A Clue" otherwise. Then most of the commands I find Don't work either, I just installed webmin, Do you think that the instructions for the rpm on the webmin site would work? "NO" ?
Well they didn't, I went to a different forum and the guy give me some way off the wall command that did work, I'm still trying to figure out where that command could have possibly come from !!!

So I'm making notes from the info I get from guys like you that take the time to help a newbie like myself out a little, and I really appreciate everyone here that has helped me, because my books don't...
But as soon as I learn how to think Linux I'm sure I'll be doing a lot better.
And I did take someone elses advice and ordered a book for Linux DNS Server, which is more specific I hope or I will send it back.

I use webmin now for my dns server

http://www.webmin.com

Hope it helps

Thanks, it looks like it will, Now I feel more at home, all I needed was to get to where I need to be so I can Edit, this sure makes it easier for me, atleast for now...

Thanks again...

I use Bind on 8.1, however I use Webmin to configure Named. Simply made it easyer than editing the files.
If you just type named at a root bash prompt, with no error then you have Named, and as well Bind installed. See if it has started in boot up, ps ax will give a listing of proccesses running. Named is in the path so there is no need in the actual directory listing at a root bash prompt.
Webmin is free

http://www.webmin.com

I downloaded webmin with wget, don't have xwindows loaded on any of my Linux boxes but I plan too setup one. Have to convert myself

Gees looks like I repeated myself, must be the static...