dns
Ranjith
Pls let me know the simple procedure for dns configuration in solaris
10 and from where I will get
the installation package for dns and how to install..??
Thanks and regards,
Ranjith
Oscar del Rio
> Pls let me know the simple procedure for dns configuration in solaris
> 10 and from where I will get
> the installation package for dns and how to install..??
DNS client or server?
Anyway, all the information is at http://docs.sun.com
Richard B. Gilbert
The EASIEST way is to do a full install of Solaris. Answer "yes" when
you are asked if your system will connect to a network. You will be
asked for the IP address for your system and the netmask. You will be
asked if you wish to use DNS. Answer "yes". You will be asked for your
domain name and for the addresses of up to three DNS servers.
If you already have Solaris installed and you did the FULL install, you
can use "sys_unconfig" to wipe out any existing configuration. The
system will reboot and prompt your for all the network configuration
info. Read the man page for sys_unconfig and be sure that you KNOW to
answer the questions you will be asked. If you DO NOT KNOW, ask your
network manager. If you fail to ask and screw things up, he will
probably have you killed! Slowly and painfully!!!
If you did NOT do the full install the EASIEST thing to do is to back up
your user's data, wipe the disk, do a full install of Solaris, patch it
as needed, and restore your user's data. When you are done you will
understand why I strongly recommend doing a full install in the first place!
Nemo ad Nusquam
> Hi all,
>
> Pls let me know the simple procedure for dns configuration in solaris
> 10 and from where I will get
> the installation package for dns and how to install..??
If DNS is installed, check out /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf
on the 'Net.
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Ranjith
DNS server...
Richard B. Gilbert
Get a book called "DNS and BIND" by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
and Associates, Inc. My copy is dated July 1994. There may well be a
newer edition.
You might find the following documents useful:
RFC 1032 "Domain Administrator's Guide"
RFC 1033 "Domain Administrator's Operations Guide"
RFC 1034 "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities"
RFC 1035 "Domain Names - Implementation and Specification"
RFC 1183 "New DNS RR Definitions"
The list is correct as of 1994. Any or all of the above documents may
have been replaced by now but this should be enough to get you started.
You should also read whatever documentation is available from Sun. See
docs.sun.com
If you are not paying Sun for technical support, you might want to get
some hands on help from someone who has done it before. If you screw it
up you may find a lynch mob at your front door!
hume.sp...@bofh.ca
> DNS server...
If you want to set up a DNS server with Solaris 10, you won't need to
download software as it comes with the OS, in the package called SUNWbind.
The server is /usr/sbin/named, and uses the config file /etc/named.conf.
However, there's no easy way to describe how to set it up. You'll need
to do some research, via online documents (I'd point you to the isc.org
website, particularly https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation )
I believe Solaris 10 comes with BIND 9.3.
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HankVC
In Solaris 10 5/09, bind 9.3.6 is part of the distribution. Look
for /usr/sbin/named and /usr/sbin/in.named (linked together).
"Named" is the bind daemon. The package is open source, from
ISC (https://www.isc.org/). You can look there for setup information.
I strongly recommend that you get a copy of the O'Reilly "DNS and
BIND" book by Cricket Liu and Paul Albitz. My copy is the 5th edition
(2006). There are some script utilities discussed in the book that
you can download from the O'Reilly web site that take most of the hard
work out of setting up a new bind server. You'll need to set up
several control files from scratch, and those utilities will help
you---much easier than trying to do it all with the vi editor.
I do not know what documentation is provided by Sun these days, as
I've used the O'Reilly book and scripts for setting up my DNS servers.
Hank
Richard B. Gilbert
The first DNS server that I set up there was virtually NO documentation.
I was using some Digital Equipment software called "The Ultrix
Connection". It took some time to learn exactly how DNS worked and then
to install and configure the software. At that time the Ultrix
Connection software and its documentation were just barely "beta test"
quality. If you are doing it for the first time, don't hesitate to ask
for help if you need it.
The book "DNS and BIND" was a great help as were the RFCs I mentioned
earlier in this thread.
Chris Thompson
[...]
> Get a book called "DNS and BIND" by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
> and Associates, Inc. My copy is dated July 1994. There may well be a
> newer edition.
>
> You might find the following documents useful:
> RFC 1032 "Domain Administrator's Guide"
> RFC 1033 "Domain Administrator's Operations Guide"
> RFC 1034 "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities"
> RFC 1035 "Domain Names - Implementation and Specification"
> RFC 1183 "New DNS RR Definitions"
> The list is correct as of 1994. Any or all of the above documents may
> have been replaced by now but this should be enough to get you started.
You are really Rip van Winkle and I claim my five pounds ...
Seriously, quite a lot has happened in the last 15 years. But Albitz &
Liu is still the best text - don't get anything earlier than the 5th
edition (May 2006).
--
Chris Thompson
Email: ce...@cam.ac.uk
Richard B. Gilbert
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> [...]
>> Get a book called "DNS and BIND" by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
>> and Associates, Inc. My copy is dated July 1994. There may well be a
>> newer edition.
>>
>> You might find the following documents useful:
>> RFC 1032 "Domain Administrator's Guide"
>> RFC 1033 "Domain Administrator's Operations Guide"
>> RFC 1034 "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities"
>> RFC 1035 "Domain Names - Implementation and Specification"
>> RFC 1183 "New DNS RR Definitions"
>> The list is correct as of 1994. Any or all of the above documents may
>> have been replaced by now but this should be enough to get you started.
>
> You are really Rip van Winkle and I claim my five pounds ...
>
Nonsense. I haven't been asleep all these years! It's just that it has
been like eleven years since I last needed to configure a DNS server.
My first was at what is now Philadelphia University and the second was
at McGraw-Hill's site in Hightstown, NJ ca. 1999. I haven't touched one
since. I can't say I miss it! ;-)
> Seriously, quite a lot has happened in the last 15 years. But Albitz &
> Liu is still the best text - don't get anything earlier than the 5th
> edition (May 2006).
>
If I ever have to set up another DNS I will get the latest edition.
The most important change from my P.O.V. is that DEC/Compaq/HP fixed
both the software and the documentation. The software was working the
last time I saw it and the last documentation I saw now provides a
useful guide to installing and configuring the software.
HP may have screwed up the documentation since I last saw a copy. I
hope not; several DEC/Compaq people and I invested a lot of time finding
errors in the documentation and encouraging fixes and clarifications.
The last I saw was V5.x which is probably hopelessly obsolete by now.
HankVC
Richard B. Gilbert <rgilb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Chris Thompson wrote:
>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Get a book called "DNS and BIND" by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
>>> and Associates, Inc. My copy is dated July 1994. There may well be a
>>> newer edition.
>>>
>>
>
>Nonsense. I haven't been asleep all these years! It's just that it has
>been like eleven years since I last needed to configure a DNS server.
>My first was at what is now Philadelphia University and the second was
>at McGraw-Hill's site in Hightstown, NJ ca. 1999. I haven't touched one
>since. I can't say I miss it! ;-)
>
>> Seriously, quite a lot has happened in the last 15 years. But Albitz &
>> Liu is still the best text - don't get anything earlier than the 5th
>> edition (May 2006).
>>
>If I ever have to set up another DNS I will get the latest edition.
>The most important change from my P.O.V. is that DEC/Compaq/HP fixed
>both the software and the documentation. The software was working the
>last time I saw it and the last documentation I saw now provides a
>useful guide to installing and configuring the software.
>
>HP may have screwed up the documentation since I last saw a copy. I
>hope not; several DEC/Compaq people and I invested a lot of time finding
> errors in the documentation and encouraging fixes and clarifications.
> The last I saw was V5.x which is probably hopelessly obsolete by now.
>
serious work you did with BIND was in 1998. Also, the OP's question
was about Solaris 10, not anything to do with DEC or Compaq, both of
which are about as current as an IBM 029 keypunch or a Baldwin Steam
Locomotive.
Several of us here have set up and maintained BIND 9 DNS in the past
year on recent versions of Solaris, and have used Albitz and Liu 5th
edition (2006) as the primary documentation for doing it. It doesn't
matter what DEC or Compaq or HP did in the 1990's, BIND is a
completely different kettle of fish now than it was then, and Sun's
current distribution works just fine---but certainly does not resemble
what they put in Solaris 2.5.1.
Hank