help setting up zone files

[Kevin Darcy]

There's really no single answer to this, since there are many many ways
to configure a nameserver, depending on what it is you're trying to
achieve, and what the limits of your environment are, especially in terms
of network capacity/connectivity.

There are many HOWTOs, tutorials and examples available. See, for
example, http://www.dns.net/dnsrd. Also, there is the "bible",
_DNS_and_BIND_, from O'Reilly, currently in Fourth Edition. That too has
lots of examples, as well as giving you a grounding in some of the theory
about how DNS works.


- Kevin

twong at solutioncentral.com wrote:

> I just installed solaris 8 on an intel machine. It has 8.2.2 which I
> plan to upgrade soon but I am new to this and want to know how to
> setup zone files and configuration named.conf file. I plan to pick up
> the book DNS and BIND very soon.
>
> At the meantime, I was wondering if someone could help or direct me to
> a link ttelling me what files I need to setup a primary nameserver. I
> would like to replace our MS DNS with BIND instead.
>
> So far there is no named.conf file under /etc.
> I created a /var/named directory which I believe my zone files will
> reside.
>
> Thanks