Files Needed for Bind

[Kevin Darcy]

Don't get hung up on filenames; what's important is the *contents* of the
files, not their names. I think "localhost.zone" (I've never personally
configured a zonefile with that name into any nameserver) usually
contains a definition of "localhost." (as an absolute, root-level name).
If you don't need that name, then don't bother configuring the zone. I'm
not sure what's in "named.local", but you should look at its contents and
decide whether you need that either. I'm a big fan of not cluttering up
my nameserver configurations with unnecessary crap.


- Kevin

pauls at austin.rr.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have successfully created all the zones for the various domains that
> we are authoritative for, but my question relates to good house
> cleaning.
>
> In my Bind 9.1.3 I have two files that I am unsure if I truly need.
> One is the localhost.zone file and the other is the named.local file.
>
> I am reading the DNS and BIND book by O'Reilly, but there isn't any
> mention of these two files really in there.  So my question is, do I
> need these two files for anything really, and if I do need them what
> are they for?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> If you could also cc my email listed here I would appreciate it.
>
> pstephenson(at)ficgroup.com