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Configuring the Forwarding Server

Use this procedure to set up a forwarding 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.master root.cache localhost.rev /var/named

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

    cd ..

    mv named.boot.master named.boot

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

    more named.boot

    ;

    ;Boot file for banana.fruit.com, forwarder server

    ;for fruit.com

    ;Note that there should be one primary entry for each

    ;SOA record.

    ;

    ;

    directory /var/named

    ;type domain source host/file backup file

    cache . root.cache

    forwarders 192.35.10.1 192.35.10.2

  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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