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Configuring the Secondary Server

Use this procedure to configure a secondary server:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Move to the named example directory:

    cd /var/named/Examples

  3. Copy the template files to the /var/named directory:

    cp named.boot.slave root.cache localhost.rev /var/named

  4. Move named.boot.slave to the default filename:

    cd ..

    mv named.boot.slave named.boot

  5. Modify named.boot to look like the following:

    more named.boot

    ;

    ; Boot file for orange.fruit.com, secondary for fruit.com

    ;

    directory /var/named

    ; type domain source host/file backup file

    cache . root.cache

    secondary fruit.com 192.35.10.1 fruithosts.bak

  6. Use the same localhost.rev file you installed on your primary server.

  7. Use the same root.cache file you installed on your primary server.

  8. Enable named and reboot the station with the following commands:

    chkconfig named on

    reboot


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