Files Needed for Bind

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9umd09$da0 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>
>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.

named.local is probably where the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa entry is.

It's a good idea to have both of them in your configuration, and they
certainly can't hurt anything.

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