Using BIND for Windows 2000 Active Directory!

[Danny Mayer]

I forgot to mention in my response that the directory statement in
options must be completely specified since named runs as a systems
service and there is no default directory or disk unless it's run under
a specific account which has a default directory. So you need to specify:
Options {
directory "c:/etc"; //Working device and directory
};

or on whatever disk you are keeping the etc directory.

Danny

At 11:10 PM 9/6/02, Danny Mayer wrote:

>At 01:46 PM 9/2/02, Michael Buchardt wrote:
> >Hi
> >I have decided to give BIND 9.21 a try on my Windows 2000 Active Directory
> >but I can=B4t get it to work.
> >I have download the 9.21 for Windows and unzipped the files in a directory.
> >I then ran BINDinstall.exe to install the BIND service and copy the files=
>  to
> >the correct directories. I then ran the rndc-confgen -a to create a key in
> >the /etc dir.
> >
> >I have then made a named.conf as follows:
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>-
> >-
> >
> >Options {
> >directory "/etc/"; //Working directory
> >};
> >//Zone entry for the local host associated with 127.0.0.1
> >Zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
> >type master ;
> >file "db.127.0.0";
> >} ;
> >//Primary Zone entry for Active Directory domain testdomain.local
> >Zone "testdomain.local" IN {
> >type master;
> >file "db.testdomain.local";
> >allow-transfer { 192.168.1/24 ; } ;
> >notify yes ;
> >allow-update { 192.168.1/24 ; };
> >} ;
> >//Primary Zone entry for Active Directory domain testdomain.local
> >Zone "_msdcs.testdomain.local" IN {
> >type master;
> >file "db._msdcs.testdomain.local";
> >allow-transfer { 192.168.1/24 ; } ;
> >notify yes ;
> >allow-update { 192.168.1/24 ; };
> >} ;
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>-
> >----------
> >But when I try to start the ICS-BIND service it failes with a fatal error.
> >Is there something in my named.conf file?
>
>What does the application event log say? You can also test your
>named.conf file by using named-checkconf.  The html help for it
>is included in the binary kit. Are the zone files in the /etc/ directory?
>
> >Kind Regards
> >
> >Michael Buchardt
>
>Danny