Red Hat 7 bind packages (was: Named and Zone files)

[Kenneth Porter]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:59:06 -0000, Okie wrote:

>I would like to know if anyone could help me with a Red Hat Linux 7.0
>install, first off how do I tell which version of bind it installed,

rpm -q bind

will tell you the version (if any) you have installed. According to
<http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/bind.html> Red Hat 7 ships with
bind-8.2.2_P5-25.

There are actually 3 RPM bind packages (which I found by entering "rpm
-qa | grep bind"): bind, bind-utils, and bind-devel.

If these are not installed, you can install them from the CD with "rpm
-U bind*" (assuming the current directory is the directory on the CD
containing the *.i386.rpm files). You must be root to do this.

>secondly can you leave the 4H and time settings like this or do I need to
>convert them to seconds???

I think that's ok, but I'll defer to the bind experts.

>I am just curious if anyone has an example of a named and zone file from Red
>Hat Linux 7.0 bind?????

Red Hat provides the caching-nameserver package
(http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/caching-nameserver.html) which is a
sample set of bind configuration files. If not already installed,
install it with "rpm -U caching-nameserver*".

Also, look in /usr/doc/bind* for documentation provided by the
packages.

Ken
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