dns server 1

[mattyjenks]

hi,
im new to solaris so please bear with me.

i have to rebuild a solaris server which is running as a DNS server. does anyone know how to install a dns server? does it already come with solaris?

any feedback welcome
matt

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

check

http://www.sunfreeware.com.

They have BIND package. DNS configuration is straight forward. Try google it first. There are a lots of article on howto set it up.

regards,
feroz

 

[jmiturbe]

Hello,

I think that bind comes with solaris, so probably you won't need to install extra packages.

The DNS name server is called in.named, and it's started at boot time if /etc/named.conf file exists.

There's a lot of documentation about configuring bind, but if you are looking for a fast configuration without reading all the doc you can try webmin GUI to configure this services (and many others like apache, sendmail, etc...)

Bye,

jmiturbe

 

[falban]

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

This is a great tutorial on how to set up a DNS server.

 

[jmiturbe]

Hello again,

Sorry, I forgot to tell you to read the man pages about in.named:

$ man named

Good luck,

jmiturbe

 

[mattrumik]

the bind on sol8 is still version 8.x
on sunfreeware is 9.x
there are a few improvements in bind 9
but for basic DNS service both are fine.
If using CLI, double-check your typing
:-/

matt

 

[mattyjenks]

im trying to install webmin but i cant find gunzip anywhere on the net can any one point me in the right direction?

 

[jmiturbe]

Hello,

Did you check at the gzip package? Maybe gunzip and gzip come together. I don't really know, but maybe gunzip -d can do the work.

The gzip package can be found at:

http://www.sunfreeware.com

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/sparc/

etc...

Bye,

jmiturbe