BIND 9.2.1 Installation

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> I checked the doc directory but there's nothing there. Anyway, after =
> trying
> to tweak my server, it crashed; so I had to chance to reinstall BIND =
> again.
> I did these steps:
> 
> 1. rename all BIND files I could find and added an *.bak extension:
> 	/etc/rc.d/init.d/named
> 	/usr/sbin/named*
> 	/etc/named.conf
> 
> 2. installed BIND
> 	./configure
> 	make
> 	make install
> 
> 3. i tested it from the /root directory: named -v, it displayed the =
> correct
> version (unlike before that I have to use the real path:
> /usr/local/sbin/named -v)
> 
> 4. edited 3 lines in the /etc/rc.d/init.d to reflect the new path of =
> the
> BIND
> 5. renamed the *.bak files for the named script and the named.conf
> 6. started the daemon by running /etc/rc.d/init.d/named
> 
> On step 6, I encountered errors: "none:0:open:/etc/named.conf:file not
> found". But I checked by named.conf, and it is there (step 5).=20

	What arguement are passed to named by /etc/rc.d/init.d/named?
	"named -t /path/to/chroot/area ..." perhaps?  Does
	"/path/to/chroot/area/etc/named.conf" exist.
> 
> What did I miss?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu [mailto:phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:54 AM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Re: BIND 9.2.1 Installation
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Maenard Martinez (TS-PH)" <Maenard_martinez at support.trendmicro.com> =
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> 
> > I am new user of BIND and I am quite dependent on the default =
> installation
> > of BIND from Linux. After reading the README file that comes with the
> source
> > code, I ran this commands as "root" to install the software (I =
> renamed,
> > first, all "named" files in the /usr/sbin director):
> 
> > #./configure
> > #make=20
> > #make install
> 
> > I didn't find any special configuration in the README file, unlike
> Sendmail
> > installation (from source codes). In any case, I didn't find any =
> errors.=20
> 
> > What did I miss?
> 
> Not much. Examine the Makefile and see where the sofware get's =
> installed
> ( usually /usr/local/sbin) , adjust your startup scripts accordingly.
> 
> Have you browsed the doc/ directory ?
> 
> 
> 
> --=20
> Peter H=E5kanson        =20
>         IPSec  Sverige      ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
>            Sorry about my e-mail address, but i'm trying to keep spam =
out,
> 	   remove "icke-reklam" if you feel for mailing me. Thanx.
> 
> 
> 
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