Can anyone help me with adding records for the Domain Name System.
I add a zone but i cant add a record for it.
Thank you.
mhelios
2004-02-12, 12:19 AM PST
Sorry for the lateness. We're going to need more information about what records you're having trouble configuring.
Are you using the graphical tool redhat-config-bind? It should make things easier.
Check out the documentation here:
file:///usr/share/doc/redhat-config-bind-2.0.0/index.html
Also, for a description of the various resource records and there syntax, check out this:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-bind-zone.html
It's for RH9 but it's usable for FC1 as well.
Lastly, here's a section from the FC1 release notes talking about BIND's now using a chroot environment for increased security:
The BIND nameserver has had its security tightened. The /var/named/ directory is no longer owned by "named", but rather by "root". Slave zone files should now be stored in the new /var/named/slaves/ directory, which is owned by "named". In addition, a new bind-chroot package makes it possible to run the named daemon in a chroot() "jail" (located in /var/named/chroot/) for greater security.