At 11:12 AM 06/19/2000 +0200, Mipam wrote:
> > when I type named,  I get the dialog that says named.conf can not be
> > opened.  I never created it or was told I had to via the docs I have
> > been learning from.
> >
>
>By default named will search for /etc/named.conf
>I believe freebsd and some other unises name this file named.boot.
>Copy this file to /etc/named.conf or make sure to tell named where
>to find this file with the -c option. (man named).
>When using that you can also just say you're using named.boot as config file.


named.boot is the file used by BIND 4.x servers, named.conf is the file used
for BIND 8.x servers. Try to stick with named.conf as BIND 8.x (the latest one
at least, is what is highly recommended due to severe security holes with 
4.x as
well as older 8.x versions. For more info on BIND, go to
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND



> > 2. Somewhere I was instructed on including the following in my 
> named.boot file:
> >
> > directory  /var/domain


The directory can be whatever you want it to be, so as long as it is stated 
in this file,
which has to live in /etc or at least have a link from /etc to where it lives.

BTW, you mentioned /etc.resolv.conf , this file is who *you* will resolve 
from, the way
I spelled it is the way it is correct.

> >
> > this dir contains these following files:. dns1.hosts, dsn.rev,
> > forward, local.rev, reverse, root . I typed my entire DNS profile,
> > nameservers and Domain names I host.  Did I follow the instructions
> > correctly by placing them within this dir?
> >
> > (why are there so many conflicting ways / styles to do this?  For
> > newbies like me,  I can understand how people can go insane with Unix
> > =)
> >
>
>Actually there is a samplefile placed in /etc/namedb/named.conf
>You can change that file to match your needs.
>May i plz advice to make a user and group for named and run
>named as that uid/gid.
>BUt okay, first make sure to configure your named.conf
>Btw, you are using named 8.2.2-p5 arent you?
>
>
> > 3. Not proficient at spelling our rules for NAT but I am in need of
> > protecting my environment. Is there a strong set of rules I can find
> > and possibly parse through to include in my ipnat.conf file?   Would
> > gratefully accept submissions ;)
> >
>
>Best to go to the main site of ipf.
>In there is a section dedicated to ipnat and how to set it up.
>Bye,
>
>Mipam.