Technical Library

Domain Name System

Introduction

Integration

In order to setup your own primary name server, there are three files that need to be created for the name server and two that will be created for the domains that will be served.

named.boot

This file points the name server to the sources of DNS information. This file is usually located in the /etc directory. When you run the command named from the prompt, the boot file is consulted and the information is loaded.

named.hosts

This is the file that maps host names to IP addresses.

named.rev

This is the file that maps IP addresses to host names.

named.ca

The file which points to the root name servers for information.

named.local

This file is used to resolve the loopback address locally.