Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.0)

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DNS BIND/iX
DNS BIND/iX Component Files
DNS BIND/iX Component Files
The major files for the implementation of DNS BIND/iX are found in
PUB.BIND and NET.SYS in the MPE/iX name space, and under
directories /BIND/PUB and /etc in the POSIX name space.
JNAMED.PUB.BIN The job which runs the DNS server.
NAMED.PUB.BIND The DNS server program.
RESLVCNF.NET.SYS
The DNS client (resolver) configuration file. Linked to
/etc/resolv.conf.
/etc/resolv.conf
The DNS client (resolver) configuration file. Linked to
RESLVCNF.NET.SYS.
/BIND/PUB/etc/
named.conf The configuration file for the DNS server program. It
used to be called /etc/named.boot in earlier versions
of BIND.
/BIND/PUB/etc/
zone.
<various> The zone files contain the data which will be loaded into
the DNS server’s cache when it is started — these used
to be called db or “database” files in earlier versions of
BIND. They replace the db.<various> files.
Several example zone files have been included with the
DNS BIND/iX product.
/BIND/PUB/etc/
nslookup.help The help text for the nslookup utility.
/BIND/PUB/bin/
nslookup Interactive name server query utility.
/BIND/PUB/bin/
dnsquery DNS server query tool.
/BIND/PUB/bin/
host Host information lookup tool.
/BIND/PUB/bin/
addr Address lookup tool.
/BIND/PUB/bin/
named-
bootconf.pl Perl script to assist in converting BIND 4.x
named.boot to 8.x named.conf.