On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Terry Norris wrote:

> Can someone assist me (step-by-step instruction) with settring up a
> Secondary DNS server.  Specifically, I need to know what to do to
> initialize/start the server (named) once I have configured
> /etc/namedb/named.conf and the zone file

In your named.conf, you need to create a zone definition with type
"slave" (like the example in the named.conf).

> /etc/namedb/<domain_name>.com.cache.  Did I name the zone file

You don't need to create the zone file itself; it will be created
automatically when the zone is transferred successfully.

> correctly?  I set up the secondary zone entry in named.conf and
> configured the associated zone file according to the example within this
> file (named.conf).  I am running NetBSD 1.5 (which, I believe implements
> BIND 8) and my Primary DNS server is a Windows NT Server box.

Make sure your Windows NT server will allow the transfer. (I don't know if
it has logs or debugging, but be sure to look at them if available.)

Your named will tell you if the named configuration has typos or if it has
a problem getting the zone. Be sure to check your logs.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/