HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator's Guide HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3

Table 2-1 BIND Resource Records (continued)
DescriptionName
Describes the well known services supported by a particular protocol on a particular
Internet address. This record must be superseded by the service record.
Well Known Service (WKS)
Provides a method to delegate authorization for one node, to provide key exchange
services on behalf of one or more nodes.
Key Exchanger (KX)
Map host names to IP addresses
Address (A)
Specifies an alias for official name of the host, also called the canonical name
Canonical Name (CNAME)
Specifies a weighted list of hosts that Sendmail tries while sending a mail to a
destination
Mail Exchanger (MX)
Specifies the name servers authoritative for a given domain
Name Server (NS)
Maps the IP addresses back to host names
Pointer (PTR)
Defines the hosts that support the defined services
Service (SRV)
Stores the private key of a key pair in the form of a digital signature on an RRset
Signature (SIG)
Designates the start of a domain and specifies that the server is authoritative for the
data in the domain
Start of Authority (SOA)
Provide a negative response to a domain name search by indicating that the next
domain name in lexicographical order is the one specified in this particular RR
Next (NXT)
Stores different kinds of cryptographic keys
Key (KEY)
Provides the capability to map an entire subtree of the DNS name space to another
domain
Domain Name (DNAME)
Stores the 128-bit IPv6 addresses with an IPv6 reverse mapping domain, ip6.int“Quad A” record (AAAA)
Configuring a Master Name Server
This section explains how to configure a master server in your domain. It also describes the name
server data files in the master server configuration. It discusses the following topics:
• “Creating the Data Files for a Master Server” (page 66)
• “Setting the Default Domain Name” (page 67)
• “Master Server Configuration File” (page 68)
• “Master Server Cache File” (page 69)
• “The db.127.0.0 File” (page 70)
• “Master Server db.domain Files” (page 71)
• “Master Server db.net Files” (page 73)
• “Adding a Host to the Domain Data Files” (page 74)
• “Deleting a Host from the Domain Data Files” (page 74)
Creating the Data Files for a Master Server
The following lists the steps to configure the master name server:
1. Ensure that the /etc/hosts file is updated on the host that you want to configure as the
master server.
2. On the host that you want to configure as the master server, create a temporary directory
/etc/named.data, where you want to store the name server data files, and make it the
current directory:
mkdir /etc/named.data cd /etc/named.data
66 Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service