I need help setting up a private, home DNS server

[Kevin Darcy]

What version of BIND came with RH 6.2? If it was some version of BIND 8, then
it shouldn't be too hard to run the same configuration under BIND 9 (see the
doc/misc/migration file for caveats, tips, etc. on BIND 8->BIND 9 migration).

If it was BIND 4, then you could still go the migration route -- use the
named-bootconf utility to convert your named.boot file into a named.conf file.

Or, you could just set this up from scratch. Sounds like you just need "forward
only" and "forwarders" clauses in your options statement, and a master-zone
definition for "acme.pri".


- Kevin

Paul Philion wrote:

> Greetings -
>
> I am trying to set up a DNS server for my home network. Assuming I've got a
> private domain "acme.pri" with the following machines:
>
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> larry 192.168.1.2
> moe 192.168.1.3
> curly 192.168.1.4
>
> How do I set up named.conf and the /var/named/* files to resolve these names
> properly for acme.pri and forward the other requests to a "real" DNS server?
> I'm using BIND 9 on RedHat 7.1.
>
> I once had it working under RH 6.2 and an earlier version of bind, but that
> config won't work under BIND 9. I tried following the latest DNS HOWTO and
> got local caching-only DNS running, but I couldn't get the private domain
> stuff working. It looks like the DNS HOWTO is using a different version of
> bind and dig than I have.
>
> Please help... I know the is fairly simple and straight forward, I just
> can't get the right things tweaked to get it working.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -- Paul
> philion at acmerocket.com