Root server setup to emulate world in isolated network.

[Kevin Darcy]

You can name your zonefiles anything you want, and you can use any
directory you want for them. The "directory" option controls where named
looks for the zone files, and the "file" statement in your zone clause
controls what file name it looks for.

If you're going to put all of your data into a single root zone, why
even have those other zone files? The only zone files you need are those
which are specified in "file" statements. Conversely, if you don't plan
on putting everything into a single root zone, why did you comment out
all of the other zone definitions?


- Kevin

Darin Rosas wrote:

> Just to let you know I am new to Linux and Bind.  I am
> using Redhat 7, w/ Bind 8.2.2_P5.  I am setting up a
> dns server to emulate a real world envinronment in an
> isolated network.  Based on the documentation I have
> read I have created all the files to create a primary
> server:
> db.domain
> db.ip(network)
> db.loopback_address
> db.root
> db.cache
> These files are in /var/db, or do they go in
> /usr/sbin
>
> Then I have modified the named.conf commenting out all
> zones and adding in "." pointing to the db.root file.
>
> How is the directory structure supposed to be
> organized?  Do I have to modify any other files?
>