Operation Manual
Example 23.2
A Basic /etc/named.conf
options {
directory "/var/lib/named";
forwarders { 10.0.0.1; };
notify no;
};
zone "localhost" in {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file "127.0.0.zone";
};
zone "." in {
type hint;
file "root.hint";
};
23.5.1 Important Conguration Options
directory "filename";
Species the directory in which BIND can nd the les containing the zone data.
Usually, this is /var/lib/named.
forwarders { ip-address; };
Species the name servers (mostly of the provider) to which DNS requests should
be forwarded if they cannot be resolved directly. Replace ip-address with an
IP address like 192.168.1.116.
forward rst;
Causes DNS requests to be forwarded before an attempt is made to resolve them
via the root name servers. Instead of forward first, forward only can
be written to have all requests forwarded and none sent to the root name servers.
This makes sense for rewall congurations.
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; ip-address; };
Tells BIND on which network interfaces and port to accept client queries. port
53 does not need to be specied explicitly, because 53 is the default port. Enter
The Domain Name System 387