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Subject: Re: Name server setup
To: doug@bigwheel.net (Doug Jolley)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 07:33:55 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199708021610.JAA11252@neptune.neptune.net> from Doug Jolley at "Aug 2, 97 09:10:20 am"
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In a previous message, Doug Jolley said:
> Can someone please tell me (or point me to where I can get
> info) how to setup freebsd as a name server?  Thanks for
> any input.
> 
>      ... doug
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Doug Jolley    mailto://doug@bigwheel.net     http://www.bigwheel.net
>          Don't bogart that file, my friend.  Net it over to me.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
/etc/namedb has sample files. Edit your rc.conf:

named_enable="YES"              # Run named, the DNS server (or NO)."   
named_flags="-b /etc/namedb/named.boot"         # Flags to named (if enabled)."

And edit files as needed. If you need help with how to use DNS, 
run, don't walk, to a bookstore and get DNS and Bind by Albiz & Liu from
O'Reilly. It's indispensable.

Doug, why is your mail going out to "undisclosed mail list". I'm sure that
that's going to cause some peoples anti-spam filters to reject you. People
that could help.


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