[SPAM]Re: Default BIND setup question

[Mark Haney]

Seann Clark wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
>> I just installed F10 on what will be my new slave DNS server for our 
>> office and I'm a little peeved at the default setup.  The base install 
>> sets BIND up as a local caching-nameserver.  Which I suppose is fine, 
>> except there's no base named.conf provided for setting up BIND as a 
>> real DNS server, not a local caching only one.  That's slightly 
>> irritating. I've had trouble getting borrowed named.conf files working 
>> because the setups are all different (even between F6 and F10 there's 
>> a difference in file locations).
>>
>> So, what should take no time, is taking forever.  Is there some base 
>> config file handy for setting up a real DNS server on an F10 system?  
>> Or am I just having to hack the crap out of it? I suppose I can do 
>> system-config-bind, but that seems silly when a simple text file 
>> should be added to make life easier for those who need real DNS servers.
>>
> I have been running BIND as both a master and slave on my network since 
> Fedora core 1, I haven't had a problem migrating and moving 
> configurations for the most part. The 'best' way that I have found 
> personally, is have a base named.conf file for your desired set up, and 
> use that, then port it based on the changes required. You can see what 
> needs changed based on the errors in the log file (either syslog or 
> specifically pointed to log files). Also mind that BIND is run in a 
> CHROOT jail, so you have both an /etc/named.conf and a 
> /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf to look over.
> 
> 
> There isn't a base file for a 'real' DNS server that I have found on any 
> of the fedora flavors, so 'hacking the crap out of it' would be the 
> easiest way to get it running, and you can get it standardized after it 
> is running. Then best bet is to save the file off the server as a hot 
> spare, or example of the full working config.
> 
> Changing the base config on Fedora isn't that bad though, unless you are 
> very tired and miss a ';' in a strange location.
> 
> 
> 
> ~Seann
> 


Yeah, I was afraid of that.  It's just annoying to spend so much time on 
what should be something pretty simple.



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