starting bind

[Cricket Liu]

Stand H wrote:
> I usually set up programs with rpm. I install new Red
> Hat 7.2 without bind and try to install bind 9 by
> running these commands:
> $./configure
> $make
> $make install
> I didnt see error message but I dont know how to start
> it. I could not start by using $service named start as
> I used to do with installed service by using rpm.

You can start it just by running the named executable.  For
example:

# /usr/sbin/named

But first you need to create a named.conf file, probably in
/etc, for named to read.

cricket

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