How to start DNS server on boot up

[Gary Cooper_1]

I have just set up an HP-UX 11.11 machine as a DNS server (bind 9.2). I started named manually and all seemed OK, however, I forgot the reboot aspect and sure enough, the next time the machine was booted named wasn't restarted.

Where do I set this up? Is it just the NAMED setting in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs?

Thanks,

Gary

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

make sure you make NAMED=1 in the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file

[Hoefnix]

make sure there is a link placed to /sbin/init.d/named in the /sbin/rc3.d.
The link should have a name like S937named

The number after the S is the order number of started sw in runlevel 3.

Also set NAMED var in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs to 1.

To finish it create a link in /sbin/rc2.d or /sbin/rc1.d named K100named to shut it down in the wanted runlevel or during reboot.

Regards,

Peter

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Yes /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs that is the only file.

Sunil

[Fabio Ettore]

Yeah,
named starts at every reboot if into /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs NAMED is set to 1.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Actually,

All of my boxes have this in rc2.d NOT rc3.d...I am pretty sure it should be in rc2.d so it will start up before you reach multi-user mode.

Most if not all of your network related/dependent daemons start at runlevel 2.

root-:/sbin/rc2.d
# ll *named*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18 Jan 25 2002 S370named -> /sbin/ini
t.d/named

KXXXnamed is linked to /sbin/rc1.d from /sbin/init.d/named