How to configure DNS is Fedora Core

[David Jackson]

> Tom Pitts wrote:
>> I am new to Linux and just went out and purchased Fedora. I would like
>> to start hosting my companies external DNS servers with this software
>> but cannot seem to find any good documentation on setting it up. Could
>> someone help me please?
>
> 1) install bind-utils, bind, and (optionally) bind-chroot
> 2) add a line similar to the following to your /etc/sysconfig/iptables
> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
> 3) review the Bindv9 documentation now on your system in
> /usr/share/doc/bind-9.2.2.P3/arm/
> 4) configure bind as usual
> 5) Make sure your domain registry has the IP of your primary and
> secondary servers so other people can find you.
> 6) # chkconfig named on
>
> I set up a series of chrooted servers recently for my network and it
> went remarkably smoothly (although I do have previous experience using
> BIND).
>

Tom --
That sound a lot like a introduction to "brain surgery" to cut off the top
of the ol'mellon and then go to medical school :)

David