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--- DNS-HOWTO.sgml.orig Thu May 6 23:21:26 1999
+++ DNS-HOWTO.sgml Thu May 6 23:45:20 1999
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!doctype linuxdoc system>
+<!doctype linuxdoc public "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc 1.1//EN">
<!-- -*-SGML-*- -->
<article>
<title>DNS HOWTO
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
<p>DNS is is the Domain Name System. DNS converts machine names to
the IP addresses that all machines on the net have. It maps from name
to address and from address to name, and some other things. This
-HOWTO documents how to define such mappings using a Linux system. A
+HOWTO documents how to define such mappings using a FreeBSD system. A
mapping is simply a association between two things, in this case a
-machine name, like <tt/ftp.linux.org/, and the machines IP number (or
-address) <tt/199.249.150.4/.
+machine name, like <tt/ftp.freebsd.org/, and the machines IP number (or
+address) <tt/209.155.82.18/.
<p>DNS is, to the uninitiated (you ;-), one of the more opaque areas
of network administration. This HOWTO will try to make a few things
@@ -94,11 +94,14 @@
<p>Name serving on Unix is done by a program called <tt/named/. This
is a part of the ``bind'' package which is coordinated by Paul Vixie
-for The Internet Software Consortium. <tt/Named/ is included in most
-Linux distributions and is usually installed as
-<tt>/usr/sbin/named</tt>. If you have a named you can probably use
-it; if you don't have one you can get a binary off a Linux ftp site,
-or get the latest and greatest source from <htmlurl
+for The Internet Software Consortium. <tt/Named/ is included in all
+FreeBSD distributions and is installed as
+<tt>/usr/sbin/named</tt>.
+You can get the latest and greatest source from <htmlurl
+url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src/contrib/bind/"
+name="ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src/contrib/bind/">
+or the offical distribution source which the FreeBSD version is based on
+from <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/cur/bind-8/"
name="ftp.isc.org:/isc/bind/src/cur/bind-8/">. This HOWTO is about
bind version 8. The old version of the HOWTO, about bind 4 is still
@@ -133,14 +136,14 @@
waiting time the next time significantly, especially if you're on a
slow connection.
-<p>First you need a file called <tt>/etc/named.conf</tt>. This is
+<p>First you need a file called <tt>/etc/namedb/named.conf</tt>. This is
read when named starts. For now it should simply contain:
<code>
// Config file for caching only name server
options {
- directory "/var/named";
+ directory "/etc/namedb";
// Uncommenting this might help if you have to go through a
// firewall and things are not working out:
@@ -155,18 +158,17 @@
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
- file "pz/127.0.0";
+ file "localhost.rev";
};
</code>
<p>The `<tt/directory/' line tells named where to look for files. All
-files named subsequently will be relative to this. Thus <tt>pz</tt>
-is a directory under <tt>/var/named</tt>, i.e.,
-<tt>/var/named/pz</tt>. <tt>/var/named</tt> is the right directory
-according to the <em/Linux File system Standard/.
+files named subsequently will be relative to this.
+<tt>/etc/namedb</tt> is the standard directory
+according to the <em>hier(7)</em> manpage.
-<p>The file named <tt>/var/named/root.hints</tt> is named in this.
-<tt>/var/named/root.hints</tt> should contain this:
+<p>The file named <tt>/etc/namedb/named.root</tt> is named in this.
+<tt>/etc/namedb/named.root</tt> should contain something simular to this:
<code>
;
@@ -208,16 +210,16 @@
<p>The next section in <tt/named.conf/ is the last <tt/zone/. I will
explain its use in a later chapter, for now just make this a file
-named <tt/127.0.0/ in the subdirectory <tt/pz/:
+named <tt/localhost.rev/ in the subdirectory <tt//etc/namedb/:
<code>
-@ IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
1 ; Serial
8H ; Refresh
2H ; Retry
1W ; Expire
1D) ; Minimum TTL
- NS ns.linux.bogus.
+ NS ns.freebsd.bogus.
1 PTR localhost.
</code>
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@
</verb></tscreen>
<p>If there are any messages about errors then there is a mistake.
-Named will name the file it is in (one of named.conf and root.hints I
+Named will name the file it is in (one of named.conf and named.root I
hope :-) Kill named and go back and check the file.
<p>Now you can test your setup. Start nslookup to examine your work.
@@ -647,7 +649,7 @@
<sect1>Our own domain
<p>Now to define our own domain. We're going to make the domain
-<tt/linux.bogus/ and define machines in it. I use a totally bogus
+<tt/freebsd.bogus/ and define machines in it. I use a totally bogus
domain name to make sure we disturb no-one Out There.
<p>One more thing before we start: Not all characters are allowed in
@@ -661,24 +663,24 @@
<code>
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
- file "pz/127.0.0";
+ file "localhost.rev";
};
</code>
<p>Please note the lack of `<tt/./' at the end of the domain names in
this file. This says that now we will define the zone
<tt/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/, that we're the master server for it and
-that it is stored in a file called <tt>pz/127.0.0</tt>. We've already
+that it is stored in a file called <tt>localhost.rev</tt>. We've already
set up this file, it reads:
<code>
-@ IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
1 ; Serial
8H ; Refresh
2H ; Retry
1W ; Expire
1D) ; Minimum TTL
- NS ns.linux.bogus.
+ NS ns.freebsd.bogus.
1 PTR localhost.
</code>
@@ -703,11 +705,11 @@
some typing that. So the NS line could also be written
<tscreen><verb>
-0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN NS ns.linux.bogus
+0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN NS ns.freebsd.bogus
</verb></tscreen>
<p>It tells DNS what machine is the name server of the domain
-<tt/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/, it is <tt/ns.linux.bogus/. 'ns' is a
+<tt/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/, it is <tt/ns.freebsd.bogus/. 'ns' is a
customary name for name-servers, but as with web servers who are
customarily named <tt/www./<em/something/ the name may be anything.
@@ -717,8 +719,8 @@
<p>The SOA record is the preamble to <em/all/ zone files, and there
should be exactly one in each zone file. It describes the zone, where
-it comes from (a machine called <tt/ns.linux.bogus/), who is
-responsible for its contents (<tt/hostmaster@linux.bogus/, you should
+it comes from (a machine called <tt/ns.freebsd.bogus/), who is
+responsible for its contents (<tt/hostmaster@freebsd.bogus/, you should
insert your e-mail address here), what version of the zone file this
is (serial: 1), and other things having to do with caching and
secondary DNS servers. For the rest of the fields (refresh, retry,
@@ -743,30 +745,30 @@
</verb></tscreen>
so it manages to get <tt/localhost/ from 127.0.0.1, good. Now for our
-main task, the <tt/linux.bogus/ domain, insert a new 'zone' section in
+main task, the <tt/freebsd.bogus/ domain, insert a new 'zone' section in
<tt/named.conf/:
<code>
-zone "linux.bogus" {
+zone "freebsd.bogus" {
notify no;
type master;
- file "pz/linux.bogus";
+ file "pz/freebsd.bogus";
};
</code>
<p>Note again the lack of ending `<tt/./' on the domain name in the
<tt/named.conf/ file.
-<p>In the <tt/linux.bogus/ zone file we'll put some totally bogus
+<p>In the <tt/freebsd.bogus/ zone file we'll put some totally bogus
data:
<code>
;
-; Zone file for linux.bogus
+; Zone file for freebsd.bogus
;
; The full zone file
;
-@ IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
199802151 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
8H ; refresh, seconds
2H ; retry, seconds
@@ -774,7 +776,7 @@
1D ) ; minimum, seconds
;
NS ns ; Inet Address of name server
- MX 10 mail.linux.bogus ; Primary Mail Exchanger
+ MX 10 mail.freebsd.bogus ; Primary Mail Exchanger
MX 20 mail.friend.bogus. ; Secondary Mail Exchanger
;
localhost A 127.0.0.1
@@ -782,11 +784,11 @@
mail A 192.168.196.4
</code>
-<p>Two things must be noted about the SOA record. <tt/ns.linux.bogus/
+<p>Two things must be noted about the SOA record. <tt/ns.freebsd.bogus/
<em/must/ be a actual machine with a A record. It is not legal to
have a CNAME record for he machine mentioned in the SOA record. It's
name need not be `ns', it could be any legal host name. Next,
-hostmaster.linux.bogus should be read as hostmaster@linux.bogus, this
+hostmaster.freebsd.bogus should be read as hostmaster@freebsd.bogus, this
should be a mail alias, or a mailbox, where the person(s) maintaining
DNS should read mail frequently. Any mail regarding the domain will
be sent to the address listed here. The name need not be
@@ -795,7 +797,7 @@
<p>There is one new RR type in this file, the MX, or Mail eXchanger
RR. It tells mail systems where to send mail that is addressed to
-<tt/someone@linux.bogus/, namely too <tt/mail.linux.bogus/ or
+<tt/someone@freebsd.bogus/, namely too <tt/mail.freebsd.bogus/ or
<tt/mail.friend.bogus/. The number before each machine name is that
MX RRs priority. The RR with the lowest number (10) is the one mail
should be sent to if possible. If that fails the mail can be sent to
@@ -808,51 +810,51 @@
<tscreen><verb>
$ nslookup
> set q=any
-> linux.bogus
+> freebsd.bogus
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
-linux.bogus
- origin = ns.linux.bogus
- mail addr = hostmaster.linux.bogus
+freebsd.bogus
+ origin = ns.freebsd.bogus
+ mail addr = hostmaster.freebsd.bogus
serial = 199802151
refresh = 28800 (8 hours)
retry = 7200 (2 hours)
expire = 604800 (7 days)
minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)
-linux.bogus nameserver = ns.linux.bogus
-linux.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.linux.bogus.linux.bogus
-linux.bogus preference = 20, mail exchanger = mail.friend.bogus
-linux.bogus nameserver = ns.linux.bogus
-ns.linux.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.2
-mail.linux.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.4
+freebsd.bogus nameserver = ns.freebsd.bogus
+freebsd.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.freebsd.bogus.freebsd.bogus
+freebsd.bogus preference = 20, mail exchanger = mail.friend.bogus
+freebsd.bogus nameserver = ns.freebsd.bogus
+ns.freebsd.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.2
+mail.freebsd.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.4
</verb></tscreen>
<p>Upon careful examination you will discover a bug. The line
<tscreen><verb>
-linux.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.linux.bogus.linux.bogus
+freebsd.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.freebsd.bogus.freebsd.bogus
</verb></tscreen>
is all wrong. It should be
<tscreen><verb>
-linux.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.linux.bogus
+freebsd.bogus preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.freebsd.bogus
</verb></tscreen>
<p>I deliberately made a mistake so you could learn from it :-) Looking
in the zone file we find that the line
<tscreen><verb>
- MX 10 mail.linux.bogus ; Primary Mail Exchanger
+ MX 10 mail.freebsd.bogus ; Primary Mail Exchanger
</verb></tscreen>
-is missing a period. Or has a 'linux.bogus' too many. If a machine
+is missing a period. Or has a 'freebsd.bogus' too many. If a machine
name does not end in a period in a zone file the origin is added to
-its end causing the double <tt/linux.bogus.linux.bogus/. So either
+its end causing the double <tt/freebsd.bogus.freebsd.bogus/. So either
<code>
- MX 10 mail.linux.bogus. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
+ MX 10 mail.freebsd.bogus. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
</code>
or
@@ -877,18 +879,18 @@
<code>
;
-; Zone file for linux.bogus
+; Zone file for freebsd.bogus
;
; The full zone file
;
-@ IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
199802151 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
8H ; refresh, seconds
2H ; retry, seconds
1W ; expire, seconds
1D ) ; minimum, seconds
;
- TXT "Linux.Bogus, your DNS consultants"
+ TXT "FreeBSD.Bogus, your DNS consultants"
NS ns ; Inet Address of name server
NS ns.friend.bogus.
MX 10 mail ; Primary Mail Exchanger
@@ -903,31 +905,31 @@
ns A 192.168.196.2
MX 10 mail
MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- HINFO "Pentium" "Linux 2.0"
+ HINFO "Pentium" "FreeBSD 3.0"
www CNAME ns
donald A 192.168.196.3
MX 10 mail
MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- HINFO "i486" "Linux 2.0"
+ HINFO "i486" "FreeBSD 3.0"
TXT "DEK"
mail A 192.168.196.4
MX 10 mail
MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- HINFO "386sx" "Linux 1.2"
+ HINFO "386sx" "FreeBSD 2.2"
ftp A 192.168.196.5
MX 10 mail
MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- HINFO "P6" "Linux 2.1.86"
+ HINFO "P6" "FreeBSD 2.1.86"
</code>
<p>There are a number of new RRs here: HINFO (Host INFOrmation) has
two parts, it's a good habit to quote each. The first part is the
hardware or CPU on the machine, and the second part the software or OS
on the machine. The machine called 'ns' has a Pentium CPU and runs
-Linux 2.0. CNAME (Canonical NAME) is a way to give each machine
+FreeBSD 3.0. CNAME (Canonical NAME) is a way to give each machine
several names. So www is an alias for ns.
<p>CNAME record usage is a bit controversial. But it's safe to follow
@@ -946,7 +948,7 @@
</code>
<p>It's also safe to assume that a CNAME is not a legal host name for
-a e-mail address: <tt/webmaster@www.linux.bogus/ is an illegal e-mail
+a e-mail address: <tt/webmaster@www.freebsd.bogus/ is an illegal e-mail
address given the setup above. You can expect quite a few mail admins
Out There to enforce this rule even if it works for you. The way to
avoid this is to use A records (and perhaps some others too, like a MX
@@ -970,14 +972,14 @@
Default Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
-> ls -d linux.bogus
+> ls -d freebsd.bogus
</verb></tscreen>
<p>This means that all records should be listed. It results in this:
<tscreen><verb>
[localhost]
-$ORIGIN linux.bogus.
+$ORIGIN freebsd.bogus.
@ 1D IN SOA ns hostmaster (
199802151 ; serial
8H ; refresh
@@ -987,7 +989,7 @@
1D IN NS ns
1D IN NS ns.friend.bogus.
- 1D IN TXT "Linux.Bogus, your DNS consultants"
+ 1D IN TXT "FreeBSD.Bogus, your DNS consultants"
1D IN MX 10 mail
1D IN MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
gw 1D IN A 192.168.196.1
@@ -996,22 +998,22 @@
mail 1D IN A 192.168.196.4
1D IN MX 10 mail
1D IN MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- 1D IN HINFO "386sx" "Linux 1.0.9"
+ 1D IN HINFO "386sx" "FreeBSD 2.1.5"
localhost 1D IN A 127.0.0.1
www 1D IN CNAME ns
donald 1D IN A 192.168.196.3
1D IN MX 10 mail
1D IN MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- 1D IN HINFO "i486" "Linux 1.2"
+ 1D IN HINFO "i486" "FreeBSD 2.2"
1D IN TXT "DEK"
ftp 1D IN A 192.168.196.5
1D IN MX 10 mail
1D IN MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- 1D IN HINFO "P6" "Linux 1.3.59"
+ 1D IN HINFO "P6" "FreeBSD 2.2.7"
ns 1D IN A 192.168.196.2
1D IN MX 10 mail
1D IN MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
- 1D IN HINFO "Pentium" "Linux 1.2"
+ 1D IN HINFO "Pentium" "FreeBSD 2.2"
</verb></tscreen>
<p>That's good. As you see it looks a lot like the zone file itself.
@@ -1019,25 +1021,25 @@
<tscreen><verb>
> set q=any
-> www.linux.bogus.
+> www.freebsd.bogus.
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
-www.linux.bogus canonical name = ns.linux.bogus
-linux.bogus nameserver = ns.linux.bogus
-linux.bogus nameserver = ns.friend.bogus
-ns.linux.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.2
+www.freebsd.bogus canonical name = ns.freebsd.bogus
+freebsd.bogus nameserver = ns.freebsd.bogus
+freebsd.bogus nameserver = ns.friend.bogus
+ns.freebsd.bogus internet address = 192.168.196.2
</verb></tscreen>
-<p>In other words, the real name of <tt/www.linux.bogus/ is
-<tt/ns.linux.bogus/, and it gives you some of the information it has
+<p>In other words, the real name of <tt/www.freebsd.bogus/ is
+<tt/ns.freebsd.bogus/, and it gives you some of the information it has
about ns as well, enough to connect to it if you were a program.
<p>Now we're halfway.
<sect1>The reverse zone
-<p>Now programs can convert the names in linux.bogus to addresses
+<p>Now programs can convert the names in freebsd.bogus to addresses
which they can connect to. But also required is a reverse zone, one
making DNS able to convert from an address to a name. This name is
used buy a lot of servers of different kinds (FTP, IRC, WWW and
@@ -1051,7 +1053,7 @@
zone "196.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
notify no;
type master;
- file "pz/192.168.196";
+ file "192.168.196";
};
</code>
@@ -1059,19 +1061,19 @@
contents are similar:
<code>
-@ IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
199802151 ; Serial, todays date + todays serial
8H ; Refresh
2H ; Retry
1W ; Expire
1D) ; Minimum TTL
- NS ns.linux.bogus.
+ NS ns.freebsd.bogus.
-1 PTR gw.linux.bogus.
-2 PTR ns.linux.bogus.
-3 PTR donald.linux.bogus.
-4 PTR mail.linux.bogus.
-5 PTR ftp.linux.bogus.
+1 PTR gw.freebsd.bogus.
+2 PTR ns.freebsd.bogus.
+3 PTR donald.freebsd.bogus.
+4 PTR mail.freebsd.bogus.
+5 PTR ftp.freebsd.bogus.
</code>
<p>Now you restart your named (<tt/ndc restart/) and examine your
@@ -1082,7 +1084,7 @@
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
-Name: mail.linux.bogus
+Name: mail.freebsd.bogus
Address: 192.168.196.4
</code>
@@ -1092,20 +1094,20 @@
> ls -d 196.168.192.in-addr.arpa
[localhost]
$ORIGIN 196.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
-@ 1D IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+@ 1D IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
199802151 ; serial
8H ; refresh
2H ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum
- 1D IN NS ns.linux.bogus.
-1 1D IN PTR gw.linux.bogus.
-2 1D IN PTR ns.linux.bogus.
-3 1D IN PTR donald.linux.bogus.
-4 1D IN PTR mail.linux.bogus.
-5 1D IN PTR ftp.linux.bogus.
-@ 1D IN SOA ns.linux.bogus. hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
+ 1D IN NS ns.freebsd.bogus.
+1 1D IN PTR gw.freebsd.bogus.
+2 1D IN PTR ns.freebsd.bogus.
+3 1D IN PTR donald.freebsd.bogus.
+4 1D IN PTR mail.freebsd.bogus.
+5 1D IN PTR ftp.freebsd.bogus.
+@ 1D IN SOA ns.freebsd.bogus. hostmaster.freebsd.bogus. (
199802151 ; serial
8H ; refresh
2H ; retry
@@ -1219,19 +1221,19 @@
here differs a bit from what you find if you query LAND-5's name
servers now.
-<sect1>/etc/named.conf (or /var/named/named.conf)
+<sect1>/etc/namedb/named.conf
<p>Here we find master zone sections for the two reverse zones needed:
the 127.0.0 net, as well as LAND-5's <tt/206.6.177/ subnet. And a
primary line for land-5's forward zone <tt/land-5.com/. Also note that
-instead of stuffing the files in a directory called <tt/pz/, as I do
+instead of stuffing the files in a directory called <tt/namedb/, as I do
in this HOWTO, he puts them in a directory called <tt/zone/.
<code>
// Boot file for LAND-5 name server
options {
- directory "/var/named";
+ directory "/etc/namedb";
};
zone "." {
@@ -1259,7 +1261,7 @@
put ``<tt/notify no;/'' in the zone sections for the two <tt/land-5/
zones so as to avoid accidents.
-<sect1>/var/named/root.hints
+<sect1>/etc/namedb/named.root
<p>Keep in mind that this file is dynamic, and the one listed here is
old. You're better off using one produced now, with dig, as explained
@@ -1311,7 +1313,7 @@
;; MSG SIZE sent: 17 rcvd: 436
</code>
-<sect1>/var/named/zone/127.0.0
+<sect1>/etc/namedb/localhost.rev
<p>Just the basics, the obligatory SOA record, and a record that maps
127.0.0.1 to <tt/localhost/. Both are required. No more should be in
@@ -1330,7 +1332,7 @@
1 PTR localhost.
</code>
-<sect1>/var/named/zone/land-5.com
+<sect1>/etc/namedb/land-5.com
<p>Here we see the mandatory SOA record, the needed NS records. We
can see that he has a secondary name server at <tt/ns2.psi.net/. This
@@ -1420,7 +1422,7 @@
<tt/land-5.com/, but using an A record, not a CNAME record. This is a
good policy as noted earlier.
-<sect1>/var/named/zone/206.6.177
+<sect1>/etc/namedb/206.6.177
<p>I'll comment on this file below
@@ -1531,52 +1533,52 @@
(
echo "To: hostmaster <hostmaster>"
echo "From: system <root>"
- echo "Subject: Automatic update of the root.hints file"
+ echo "Subject: Automatic update of the named.root file"
echo
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:
export PATH
- cd /var/named
+ cd /etc/namedb
# Are we online? Ping a server at your ISP
case `ping -qnc some.machine.net` in
*'100% packet loss'*)
- echo "The network is DOWN. root.hints NOT updated"
+ echo "The network is DOWN. named.root NOT updated"
echo
exit 0
;;
esac
- dig @rs.internic.net . ns >root.hints.new 2>&1
+ dig @rs.internic.net . ns >named.hints.new 2>&1
- case `cat root.hints.new` in
+ case `cat named.root.new` in
*NOERROR*)
# It worked
:;;
*)
- echo "The root.hints file update has FAILED."
+ echo "The named.root file update has FAILED."
echo "This is the dig output reported:"
echo
- cat root.hints.new
+ cat named.root.new
exit 0
;;
esac
- echo "The root.hints file has been updated to contain the following
+ echo "The named.root file has been updated to contain the following
information:"
echo
- cat root.hints.new
+ cat named.root.new
- chown root.root root.hints.new
- chmod 444 root.hints.new
- rm -f root.hints.old
- mv root.hints root.hints.old
- mv root.hints.new root.hints
+ chown named.root named.root.new
+ chmod 444 named.root.new
+ rm -f named.root.old
+ mv named.root named.root.old
+ mv named.root.new named.root
ndc restart
echo
echo "The nameserver has been restarted to ensure that the update is complete."
- echo "The previous root.hints file is now called
-/var/named/root.hints.old."
+ echo "The previous named.root file is now called
+/etc/namedb/named.root.old."
) 2>&1 | /usr/lib/sendmail -t
exit 0
</code>
@@ -1598,7 +1600,7 @@
style) for a cache-only name server:
<code>
-directory /var/named
+directory /etc/namedb
cache . root.hints
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA 127.0.0.zone
primary localhost localhost.zone
@@ -1619,7 +1621,7 @@
// generated by named-bootconf.pl
options {
- directory "/var/named";
+ directory "/etc/namedb";
};
zone "." {
@@ -1645,13 +1647,13 @@
<code>
// This is a configuration file for named (from BIND 8.1 or later).
-// It would normally be installed as /etc/named.conf.
+// It would normally be installed as /etc/namedb/named.conf.
// The only change made from the `stock' named.conf (aside from this
// comment :) is that the directory line was uncommented, since I
-// already had the zone files in /var/named.
+// already had the zone files in /etc/namedb.
options {
- directory "/var/named";
+ directory "/etc/namedb";
datasize 20M;
};
@@ -1721,9 +1723,9 @@
like this in the named.conf file of your secondary:
<code>
- zone "linux.bogus" {
+ zone "freebsd.bogus" {
type slave;
- file "sz/linux.bogus";
+ file "freebsd.bogus";
masters { 127.0.0.1; };
};
</code>