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Find the log messages from the most
recent restart or reload of the name server, reloading again if
necessary. Then
look for a message indicating the line of the zone data file that
contains t...
If you want to allow your Active
Directory Domain Controllers to register their SRV records using
dynamic update, make note that there are a number of
different solutions to this pr...
If you want to secure zone
transfers from a name server, use the
allow-transfer substatement to specify the
addresses of slave name servers allowed to transfer zones. Or, even
be...
If you can, arrange to have the old name servers running and
authoritative for your zone throughout the change. This still makes
the process easier.
First, configure the
new name servers as author...
If you want to
modify your zone data without restarting the name server, make the change to the zone data file.
For BIND 9, run:
# rndc reload domain-name-of-zone
If you've modified mu...
If you want to test a name
server's configuration before putting it into
production, use the
named-checkconf and named-checkzone
programs to check the named.conf file
and zone...
If you want to allow dynamic updates to one
of your zones, use the allow-update zone
substatement. For example:
zone "foo.example" {
type master;
file "db.foo.example";
all...
If you need to find an offsite slave name
server for one or more of your zones, ask your ISP whether slave name
service is included in the package of services they offer you. If
not, ask whet...
You want
the domain name of your zone to point to your web server.
Add an A record to the domain name of
your zone pointing to the IP address of your web server:
foo.example. IN A 10.0.0....
Using your favorite editor, create a
file in the primary master name server's working
directory. Name the file after the zone whose resource records it
will contain. For example, for the foo.exampl...