named.conf cannot be changed

[Peter Dambier]

Mark Andrews wrote:
>>I am running BIND 9.2 on Suse 9.3.  I am trying to add the location of the
>>slave file in named.conf using the following syntax: 
>>file "slave/loganutah.org";
>>
>>when I restart my dns server by issuing a named stop and named start
>>command, the line is taken away from the zone configuration?  If I move the
>>named.conf file and restart the server using the same procedure, the
>>named.conf reappears in the var/lib/named/etc/ location.  What process is
>>writing the file to the location? Should I be editing named.conf from
>>another location?
> 
> 
> 	Presumably.  However this would be a Suse issue and is not
> 	a BIND issue.  I suggest that you ask again on a Suse
> 	specific list.  This is not to say someone with Suse expertise
> 	won't answer here.
> 
> 	Mark

In SuSE 8.1 there exist two files:

/etc/named.conf
/var/named/etc/named.conf

There is a script that copies /etc/named.conf to /var/named/etc/named.conf
before starting bind.

I guess in your version there exists a similar script.

Cheers
Peter and Karin


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