Commands
| named | The DNS process. You can start and stop this process to provide DNS servers on the network. |
| chkconfig | Use this command to set processes to start automatically at boot time. chkconfig --list will list the state of all installed deamon processes chkconfig httpd on will set the web server to start at boot time. |
| service | A RedHat command to allow the starting and stopping of deamon processes. service named restart will cause the DNS server to restart. |
| dig | A command to query a DNS server. dig aylesworth.ca will get info about aylesworth.ca dig @localhost aylesworth.ca ANY will specify the DNS server to use and ask for ANY records about aylesworth.ca. |
Files
| /etc/resolv.conf | The configuration file for the resolver. This is used by clients (not BIND) to find the IP address from a domain name. |
| /etc/named.conf | The configuration file for named. |
| /var/named | RedHat's default location for named config files. The location of this directory can be changed in the /etc/named.conf file. |
| /var/log/messages | The default system log files. Any startup error messages for named are loged here. If named fails to start then check the end of this file for error messages. |