From owner-freebsd-net Mon Jul 6 09:46:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA07298 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:46:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (billf@hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA07288 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:46:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA072653605; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:46:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:46:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange problem with named as a caching-only name server In-Reply-To: <199807051059.DAA11210@atropos.ricochet.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You're really on the wrong track here. bind8 uses a [really] different boot file. in fact it's called named.conf so you really need to get updated. if you installed from the ports collection, then all the docs are in /usr/ports/net/bind8/work/doc On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Brian O'Shea wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5 with BIND version 8.2 and I am having a little > difficulty setting up named as a caching-only name server. I can't connect > I start named with the following command: > /usr/sbin/named -b /var/namedb/named.boot > > /var/namedb/named.boot: > ; named.boot - BIND boot file (caching-only for atropos.Ricochet.NET) > directory /var/namedb > cache . named.root bill fumerola (root/billf)@chc-chimes.com computer horizons corp - www.computerhorizons.com ph:(248)641-1500 x107 / bill.fumerola@chc.fabrik.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message