Bind8 on Linux
Don't make complicated, at first.
The basics are basic.
(I am assuming the dns server is also the mail and web server)
This is a link to some commands and files for dns.
Get it installed
Get Bind
download to /usr/local/download/bind8
cd /usr/local/download/bind8
make
make install
See if you have more than one verison of BIND on your system.
find / -name named
If you see more than one executable, find the newest one.
/usr/local/sbin/named -v
/usr/sbin/named -v
Make links to the newest one.
mv /usr/local/sbin/named /usr/local/sbin/named.old
ln -s /usr/sbin/named /usr/local/sbin/named
Touch some files
mkdir /var/named/
cd /var/named
touch db.127.0.0 db.mydomain.com db.123.456.789 db.cache
Now fill them with these these as your guide:
vi db.127.0.0
vi db.mydomain.com
vi db.123.456.789
vi db.cache
vi named.boot
vi named.conf
In each file, search and replace with your favorite text editor.
replace "mydomain.com" with your domain name (including the .com)
replace "123.456.789.abc" with your dns servers ip address
replace "mother" with your server's name
replace "789.456.123" with the first three cotets of your ip in reverse order.
Kill the existing named:
killall -QUIT named
or
kill -9 `ps -x |grep [n]amed |awk '{print $1}'`
Started the new named:
/usr/local/sbin/named
Log time, go check'm:
cat /var/log/messages
Make it startup when you boot:
vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/named
sample named
touch /var/lock/subsys/named
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/named /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S45named
Classless in-addr.arpa Delegation Files -one description
Classless in-addr.arpa Delegation Files -another take
Classless in-addr.arpa Delegation RFC2317