using in.named and named.boot on BIND V8

[Ravi Nair]

where do i look for the log files in a typical
installation of BIND8



--- Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:53:17PM -0400, Kevin
> Darcy wrote:
> > 
> > No, /etc/named.conf is where named will look
> unless you specify another
> > pathname for the config file on the command line.
> So this implies that
> > you are *not* running BIND 8. You could confirm
> this by moving
> > named.boot to a different name and seeing if your
> namesever still starts
> > and runs.
> > 
> > What do your logs say? With a little luck, they'll
> announce what version
> > of BIND is starting up.
> > 
> > - Kevin
> > 
> > Ravi Nair wrote:
> > 
> > > Well,
> > > BIND 8 is seen to work since i am able to
> resolve
> > > names on the dns machine itself as well as other
> sun
> > > machines on the same network.
> > > ALso if I run the named process with no
> named.conf
> > > file in /etc  the process runs.Does that mean
> the
> > > named process is looking for named.conf
> elsewhere or
> > > it isn't looking at all??
> > > My named.conf file is
> > > options {
> > >         directory "/etc/domain";
> > >         dump-file "/opt/namedb/named_dump.db";
> > >         memstatistics-file
> > > "/opt/namedb/named_memstats.db";
> > >         named-xfer "usr/local/sbin/named-xfer";
> > >         pid-file "/opt/namedb/named.pid";
> > >
> > > };
> > >
> > > #
> > > #
> > > #
> > > zone "." {
> > >         type hint;
> > >         file "db.cache";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "localhost" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.localhost";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.0.0.127";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "5.0.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.5.0.10";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "19.166.65.in-addr.arpa" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.19.166.65";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "4.0.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.4.0.10";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "inv6-sjwisp.net" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "db.inv6-sjwisp.net";
> > > };
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > > > BIND 8 won't run with a config in named.boot
> format.
> > > > Instead of trying
> > > > for a "quick fix", why don't you get to the
> root of
> > > > the problem? Post
> > > > your named.conf and your zone files (if you
> have
> > > > *lots* of zone files,
> > > > just post a reasonable sampling of them).
> Also, post
> > > > anything
> > > > interesting-yet-relevant that you see in your
> logs.
> > > >
> > > > - Kevin
> > > >
> > > > Ravi Nair wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > HI ,
> > > > > I have BIND 8.2.3 installed and used
> in.named and
> > > > > named.boot combination to resolve DNS
> names.Works
> > > > fine
> > > > > on all machines locally with nslookup.
> > > > > But once I convert the named.boot to
> named.conf
> > > > and
> > > > > use the named process , nothing seems to be
> > > > resolving
> > > > > using nslookup.
> > > > > IS it a problem if i use named.boot with
> in.named
> > > > on
> > > > > Version 8 of BIND.
> 
> Things he never told us:
> 
> 	- He is running some version of Solaris - I don't
> know what.
> 	- His 'named' is in /usr/local/sbin/named; he was
> running BIND
> 	4 (/usr/sbin/in.named) and he WAS thinking that
> brought up his
> 	new BIND 8.
> 	- His 'named' looks for /usr/local/etc/named.conf,
> not
> 	/etc/named.conf.  And of course in.named looks for
> 	/etc/named.boot [which was a first clue].
> 
> I  w i s h  people wouldn't assume that others can
> read minds.  Kind of
> like the folks who say, "I can't see my site - is
> something wrong with
> the firewall"?  How many of you assumed that the
> user was using Web? he
> never said that.  How many of you guessed
> [correctly, 90% of the time]
> that the firewall was correctly reporting that the
> site was down?  How
> many of you know what site he was talking about?  I
> don't, to this day.
> 
> -- 
> Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
> OSIS Center Computer Support					EMT-B
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