Simple DSN server

[Matthew Seaman]

Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> OS FreeBSD 7.0
> 
> Just got the idea to start a very simple local DNS server. For that I 
> would like to use named.
> Some question I have regarding to this:
> Configuration files for named reside in /etc/namedb directory
> According to the manual, I might use the command 'sh make-localhost' but 
> this script isn't in my /etc/namedb directory:
> 
> triton# cd /etc/namedb
> triton# ll
> drwxr-xr-x  2 bind  wheel   512 Feb 24 18:49 dynamic
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   512 May 24 08:44 master
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   581 Feb 21  2007 named.conf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2967 Feb 24 18:53 named.root
> -rw-------  1 bind  wheel    97 May 27 19:35 rndc.key
> drwxr-xr-x  2 bind  wheel   512 Feb 24 18:49 slave
> 
> Did something go wrong with installing named () or do I have to do an 
> additional make install?

Nope.  BIND has been updated and things have changed but the handbook
hasn't caught up yet.  You no longer need to run 'make-localhost'
but can just use the provided zonefiles for forward and reverse
lookups thereof.  The rest is pretty much the same though.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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