BIND 8.1.2 Configuration?

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I want to configure BIND 8.1.2 on my Hp 11.0 E class machine. I have downloaded upgrade version from HP web site for 8.1.2. I simply downloaded and installed it on my machine. Does it require anything else to do?

Also, how can I check the version of BIND loaded on my machine?

I want to configure it for 2 IP zones. Can anybody explain what is the procedure for BIND configuration?
I never configured DNS till the date? I will appreciate if any of our expert will explain the things from scratch ..

Thank you all , in advance.

-Piyush.

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,

you can check the version of BIND as follows:

eg. #what /usr/sbin/named

For configuring dns look for commands like
hosts_to_named which is a tool to convert
existing host names in /etc/hosts to BIND
database files as per your arguments which
you pass to hosts_to_named command. man
page is available for the above command.
i believe.

named is the BIND daemon which runs to serve
the name queries. For complete understanding search in docs.hp.com for BIND on hp-ux docs.

regards,
U.SivaKumar.

[Wilfred Chau_1]

You need to configure /etc/named.conf, look at this link for more information.

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~kavli/BIND8/config.html

or add all names and ips to /etc/hosts, create /etc/named.data then run hosts_to_named -f param

where param should be in /etc/named.data and should look something like:

-s
-d
-n

highly recommend this doc from HP.
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/B2355-90685.html