Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:02:28 -0500 (CDT) From: jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about named Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991015200204.9352B-100000@runner.jjsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199910160053.RAA42704@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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Thank you very much, It helps a lot. Jahanur On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:44:40 -0500 (CDT) > >From: jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com> > > >I am realy confused when I wanted to update the named.root file from > >ftp.rs.internic.net. I see so many files one is called named.cache, > >named.ca, named.root, root.zone etc if named.root is the cache file then > >what are the other. Do I need the others too to run the named properly. > > The file names are not fixed. > > The intended use of a given file is defined in the configuration file > (/etc/named.conf by default; typically overridden to /etc/namedb/named.conf > in FreeBSD). > > The "intended use" of the file fetched from internic.net is as a "hints" > file. > > I recommend acquiring and reading a copy of the 3rd ed. _DNS and BIND_, > Albitz & Liu, O'Reilly and Associates. ISBN 1-56592-512-2. > > Cheers, > david > -- > David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator > voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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