Configuring a caching-only server

1. Copy /etc/named.b.ca to /etc/named.boot.
   
   

2. Edit /etc/named.boot to contain the IP addresses of the primary, and secondary if needed, server for your zone. For an annotated version of /etc/named.boot, with descriptions of each line, see ``Sample /etc/named.boot file''.

3. If needed, edit /etc/named.boot to contain the IP address of one or more forwarders.

4. If needed, edit /etc/named.boot to add the slave directive.

5. Start the DNS daemon, named, from the command line. Once configured, named starts and stops automatically as the system moves in and out of multiuser mode.

6. Test DNS by using nslookup to look up a remote name.

   ;
   ; Boot file for Caching-Only Name Server
   ;
   

   ;
   ; type       domain                  source file or host
   ;
   

   directory    /etc/named.d
   cache        .                       root.cache
   primary      10.0.118.1              named.local
   forwarders   10.0.118.6 10.0.118.10
   slave

See also:

• ``Sample root.cache file''

• ``Sample named.local file''

• named.boot(SFF)

• root.cache(SFF)