DNS Server setup

Service name is named

make sure to turn it on to start at boot
Run linuxconf
	go to Service Control Activity
	select named
	check  Automatic
	check  levels 2 through 5
		(These levels will run the program)

To start it by hand.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/named stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/named start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart

The log file /var/log/messages will inform you of how well things went.

edit the /etc/resolv.conf file and change the nameserver to your local address.

nameserver 123.123.123.123  assuming 123.123.123.123 is you ip address,
or you could use 127.0.0.1 since this is your loopback ip.

You need a named.conf file in the /etc/ directory
and
zone files in the /var/named/zone/ directory

Create directory:  /var/named/zone
if it doesn't already exist

The named.conf file should look something like this:

// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
        directory "/var/named";
        forwarders {209.87.79.232;209.87.64.70;};
        version "Microsoft NT 3.5 v1.02";
        /*
         * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
         * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
         * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
         * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
         * port by default.
         */
        // query-source address * port 53;
};

controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "root.hints";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
        type master;
        file "localhost.zone";
        allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "named.local";
        allow-update { none; };
};

zone "coolwebsite.org" IN {
        type master;
        file "zone/coolwebsite.org";
        allow-update {none; };
};

zone "bettersites.org" IN {
        type master;
        file "zone/bettersites.org";
        allow-update {none; };
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";


Note: the rndc.key file is used for remote updating.
If you have your allow-updates turned off, you don't need it.


The /var/named/ directory should have
localhost.zone
named.ca
named.local
root.hints

and the zone directory


Example file in the zone directory follows:

Note: Whenever you change anything in the zone files
always change the serial number. When named restarts
it looks at the serial number and if changed, updates its records
otherwise it won't read your changes. Most people use the date and
an incremental number such as 200207125 for 7/12/2002 the 6th change today.

File coolwebsite.org

$TTL 86400      ; 1 day
@       IN      SOA     coolwebsite.org.      root.coolwebsite.org. (
        ; Note: The site names and comp name above must
        ;           end with a period. The period means that the name
        ;           is fully resolved.
                        200207120       ;serial, todays date + increment
                        8H              ; refresh, seconds
                        2H              ; retry, seconds
                        4W              ; expire, seconds
                        1D )            ; minimum, seconds
        NS      ns.coolwebsite.org.  ; Note: name ends in period
        MX      10 mail.coolwebsite.com. ; Note: name ends in period
        A       123.123.123.123
ns      A       123.123.123.123 ; Note: Since these don't end in a
www     A       123.123.123.123 ; period the program correctly assumes
mail    A      123.123.123.123 ; coolwebsite.org is appended to them.



File bettersites.org would look similar.


if you are using iptables remember to open up access to port 53 domain
The iptables.rule.src has the 2 domain lines remmed out with # signs.
Remove the # signs.