On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:10, Carsten wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to set up a DNS server, BIND 9 that comes with Red Hat > Linux 9. The questions should be pretty basic. > RH9 came with a redhat-config-bind package... you might need to install the RPM from your CDs. > > 1st bunch of questions: > ============================= > It says in the documentation that the "@" in front of SOA in the main > zone file represents the domain name of my server (called > mybox.my-domain.com). > > How do I specify the domain name? > > /bin/domainname > will print the NIS domain name, isn't it? > > If /bin/hostname prints "mybox.my-domain.com" hence "my-domain.com" is > the domain name of this machine called mybox? > > > 2nd bunch of questions: > ============================= > Do the clients have just one DNS entry (nameserver ip-address-of-mybox) > in /etc/resolv.conf and the main zone file has an NS resource records > that points to the ISP's DNS server? > So all requests go to mybox and will be forwarded to the ISP's DNS > server if mybox cannot answer (e.g. ping www.redhat.com)? > > Regards, > Carsten -- Brent Langston <brentley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> GPG ID: 1024D/09D551AC Fingerprint: A05E 32DF 9EDF 45F3 25AA 3E74 7678 CE7A 09D5 51AC
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