topic Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS in Operating System - Linux

Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

txtraz — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:25:59 GMT

Hi,
I am a root user and i want to configure Domain Name Server in RHEL 5. I've installed all the necessary packages but i 'm not getting any necessary files to edit/configure DNS. please help me to configure. please send me all the steps.

I'am a new user of RHEL5.

Thanks,

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

Ivan Krastev — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:30:15 GMT

See DNS how-to here - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

regards,
ivan

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

Ivan Ferreira — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:27:13 GMT

Install the caching-only name server package, that will install sample files that you can modify to configure a master zone.

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

txtraz — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:38:41 GMT

hi,
thanks for replay.
After input the command (#rpm -qa| grep bind*) the machine showing all the bind packages but when i'm trying to configure named.conf file the server is not getting any file to configure.

please help me to configure.

regards.

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:53:01 GMT

As Ivan suggested, install "caching-only" package - it provides /etc/named.conf template.

BTW, are you sure that you want DNS server and not just resolver?

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

txtraz — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:06:51 GMT

thanks for replay.
i ve experienced with RHEL4 but not in RHEL5.
i've installed all the packages as needed and i've edited all the necessary files but it showing an error when i'm trying to start the named service (#/etc/init.d/named restart). please check the attachemnt for the error and please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks;

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:45:09 GMT

did you try just to start named after installing caching-nameserver package and

cp /etc/named.caching-nameserver.conf /etc/named.conf

?

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

txtraz — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:40:11 GMT

thanks for you replay. I have collected the files from #/usr/share/sytem-config-bind/profiles/default/named.conf /etc/named.conf

thanks

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

IT Csar — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:25:46 GMT

Make sure that bind9 is what you need. Unless you are running a Google contender, you might be better off with simple caching DNS (for instance, dnsmasq, or for heavy hitters, DJBDNS). BIND9 is a pain, you have to be committed for a good reason.

Oleg B

Re: Files not foundin RHEL5 to configure DNS

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:46:18 GMT

Shalom,

The tdlp.org link is good. That is how I learned DNS in the first place.

RHEL5 did do some improvements with regard to chroot file location. Also, not every named.conf feature in DNS with REHL5 works the same way as it did with RHEL4.

Starting out with a good DNS/RHEL4 example is a good way to go.

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