Problem on installing/config bind

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ge681e$2jc6$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> # /usr/local/bind/sbin/named -u named -t /usr/local/bind -c
> /etc/named.conf -g
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.545 starting BIND 9.5.0 -u named -t
> /usr/local/bind -c /etc/named.conf -g
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.547 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.548 listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.549 listening on IPv4 interface eth0,
> 192.168.0.203#53
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.549 could not configure root hints from '
> /etc/named.root': file not found
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.549 loading configuration: file not found
> 28-Oct-2008 05:20:24.549 exiting (due to fatal error)
> * end *
> 
> 
> # cat named.conf
> options {
>         directory "/namedb";
>         version "I do not give any version info";
>          pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
>          allow-transfer { none ;};
> };
> 
> zone "." IN {
>         type hint;
>         file " /etc/named.root";
> };
> * end *
> 
> 

> Changing the line;
>         file " /etc/named.root";
> 
> to;
>         file "named.root";

Why did you write /etc/named.root if the file isn't really in /etc?

> Whether it is necessary to put the full path of "/named.root"?

Whatever you want.  Any files without a full path will be resolved 
relative to the directory you specified in the "directory" option.

> If YES,
> what will be the full path?

In your case, it apparently should be /namedb/named.root.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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