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Configuring and Managing BIND
5.6 Configuring BIND with SET CONFIGURATION Commands
In this command, host specifies the forwarding server.
Note
You cannot set up a server to be both a forwarder and a caching server.
5.7 Configuring the BIND Resolver
Your host uses the BIND resolver to obtain information from a name server.
When a request for name translation arrives, the resolver first searches the local
host database for the host information. If not found, the resolver then queries the
BIND name server for host information.
The resolver is automatically configured by TCPIP$CONFIG when you choose
"Option 1 — Core Environment." To display your resolver configuration, enter the
following command:
TCPIP> SHOW NAME_SERVICE
TCP/IP Services displays the following data:
BIND Resolver Parameters
Local domain: ucx.ern.sea.com
System
State: Started, Enabled
Transport: UDP
Domain: ucx.ern.sea.com
Retry: 4
Timeout: 4
Servers: lark
Path: ucx.ern.sea.com,ern.sea.com,sea.com
Process
State: Enabled
Transport:
Domain:
Retry:
Timeout:
Servers:
Path:
Here, host LARK in the current domain is the default name server. To add
records to the local hosts database, use the SET HOST command. For example,
the following command adds host birdy to the local host database. (See the
Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management Command Reference
manual for more information on using SET commands.)
TCPIP> SET HOST birdy /ADDRESS=9.20.208.47
To delete server entries from the configuration database, or to add new entries,
enter the following command:
TCPIP> SET NAME_SERVICE /NOSERVER=LARK /SYSTEM
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