named.conf cannot be changed

[Karl Auer]

> > 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?

Look at the startup script.

I seem to recall that the named startup script copies a configuration
file from somewhere else, then starts named. You need to change that
master copy.

Regards, K.

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