Setting up Secondary Server
Jim Reid
jim at rfc1035.com
Wed May 16 22:26:27 UTC 2001
>>>>> "Des" == Des Coughlan <desmond at lievre.voute.net> writes:
Des> The documentation that I've so far been able to find, says
Des> that the named.boot file has been replaced with an
Des> /etc/named.conf file.
Correct.
Des> Could anyone point me in the direction of instructions as to
Des> how to write this file (specifically, what is its syntax) ?
Read the BIND9 Administrator's Reference Manual (ARM) in doc/arm.
A simple guide to setting up a name server can be found at:
http://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-192.html
This includes sample, annotated files which should steer you in the
right direction. It doesn't cover configuring a slave (secondary)
server but you should be able to work that out OK from the ARM.
Des> I'm working with 'TCP/IP Network Administration', by Craig
Des> Hunt, but that still lists the main configuration file as
Des> being named.boot.
So don't read it any more. It's out of date: at least as far as BIND
configuration is concerned.
Des> Do I need named.ca for a secondary server, for example ?
If that's the name of your hints file for the root zone, yes. Every
name server needs to know about the root.
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