On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 07:50, Peter Boy wrote: > Am Montag, den 31.01.2005, 18:18 -0500 schrieb Jason Vas Dias: > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 17:55, Paul wrote: > > > Anyone know of any easy to follow instructions of setting up a DNS > > > server under FC? I'm doing it all from the terminal, so no fancy GUI > > > interface stuff allowed ;-) > > > [...] > > > > If you can get access to a graphics terminal, using the > > 'system-config-bind' utility provides a GUI, with a facility > > to import /etc/hosts files. > > I suppose, system-config-bind is currently not a good starting point. > The included help file is out of sync with the current program version. > So, for a starter is hard to figure out what has to be done. > > I couldn't manage to let the program write a configuration file at all. > It always crashes with a python traceback when I instruct it to save the > configuration (I've to figure out weather I entered something wrong into > one of the entry fields or the program crashes by itself - so no > bugzilla entry yet). > Yes, this is a known problem with system-config-bind < 4 . Use the latest system-config-bind: ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/system-config-bind-4.0.0-3.noarch.rpm and you should have no problems. > > Also for any beginner to DNS needing to get into serious > > DNS configuration, the book 'DNS and BIND', Abitz & Liu, 2nd. Ed, > > by O'Reilly is a must. > > The book should be a better starting point. Pick up one of the examples > and modify it acdcording to the specific need. If desired I can send you > a template for the requirred files. > > > Peter > >