Yes - it is definitely possible to get named to work - I'm running it
right now.  There are sample/starter configuration files in /etc/namedb
directory.  I recommend you get a book on Bind, though.  One I found to be
useful is "DNS and BIND" by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu, published by
O'Reilly & Associates.  You might check out their web site at www.ora.com

On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Sheldon Simms wrote:

> This question isn't really mac68k specific but I decided to get PPP
> going yesterday afternoon and, as a learning experience, decided
> to try it on my own. I got it working without too much trouble after
> reading a lot of man pages but I never could figure out how to make
> named work. I eventually found the man page for resolv.conf, which
> is what I really wanted anyway, but I'm just curious - is it
> possible to have named running and working and, if so, are there
> some sample configuation files somewhere (in the PPP kit perhaps)?
> 

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