Installing and Administering Internet Services

94 Chapter 3
Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service
Starting the Name Server Daemon
4. At the > prompt, type the name of a host for the name server to look
up, as in the following example
> charlie
You should see output similar to the following:
Name Server: indigo.div.inc.com
Addresses: 15.19.14.100, 15.19.15.100
Name: charlie.div.inc.com
Address: 15.19.9.100
5. Look up several host names and IP addresses of hosts in the name
server’s domain.
6. At the > prompt, type the following commands to verify that your
name server can query root name servers:
> set type=ns
> .
nslookup should display a list of the root name servers in your
db.cache file. If it does not, see “Troubleshooting the BIND Name
Server” on page 100.
7. Type exit to exit from nslookup.