Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 16:26:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: chris@tourneyland.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <XFMail.990905162650.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990905012435.00825420@mail.9netave.net>
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On 05-Sep-99 chris@tourneyland.com wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I would like to get DNS going on my little 3-5 node network. It's connected
> to the Internet via ADSL. Currently my gateway machine is one of the
> Southwest Bell machines (that's my ISP - I don't know if that's
> significant). I plan to do web serving, and mail & ftp as well (plus mabe
> some other stuf).
>
Here be the dragons but wtf ...
what version of BIND do you have ? (head /usr/src/contrib/bind/CHANGES)
assigned IP(s) ?
firewall ?
ipfw ?
natd ?
> Currently, I'm reading in my Unix book about configuring DNS, but it's a
> little tricky. I'm what to put in /etc/rc to invoke named at boot time
fir.dread$ grep named /etc/rc.conf
named_program="/usr/sbin/named" # path to named,
named_enable="YES"
named_flags=""
(my
> humorous attempt to just invoke it from the command line led to a
> bewilderment of complaints),
named needs a configuration file and one or more zone files before running.
and I'm not entirely sure what to put in my
> named.boot file for my primary server (let alone any secondaries I might
"named.boot" is for the 4.9 bind, "named.conf" for 8.1.x
to run a minimal server (4.9.x):
cd /etc/named
sh make-localhost
then in your named.boot
--------------
directory /etc/namedb
; type domain source host/file backup file
cache . named.root
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA localhost.rev
;
; the upstream server
forwarders 209.99.46.75 209.99.46.80
options forward-only
;
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Also check the newsgroup comp.protocols.dns.bind, and get the grasshopper book
for anything serious.
post me should you have other questions.
Regards,
---
Don Read dread@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX
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