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DNS BIND/iX

DNS BIND/iX Component Files

The major ﬁles for the implementation of DNS BIND/iX are found in

PUB.BIND and NET.SYS in the MPE/iX name space, and under

directories /BIND/PUB and /etc in the POSIX name space.

JNAMED.PUB.BIN

The job which runs the DNS server.

NAMED.PUB.BIND

The DNS server program.

RESLVCNF.NET.SYS

The DNS client (resolver) conﬁguration ﬁle. Linked to

/etc/resolv.conf.

/etc/resolv.conf

The DNS client (resolver) conﬁguration ﬁle. Linked to

RESLVCNF.NET.SYS.

/BIND/PUB/etc/ named.conf

The conﬁguration ﬁle for the DNS server program. It

used to be called /etc/named.boot in earlier versions

of BIND.

/BIND/PUB/etc/zone. <various>

The zone ﬁles contain the data which will be loaded into

the DNS server’s cache when it is started — these used

to be called db or “database” ﬁles in earlier versions of

BIND. They replace the db.<various> ﬁles.

Several example zone ﬁles have been included with the

DNS BIND/iX product.

/BIND/PUB/etc/ nslookup.help

The help text for the nslookup utility.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ nslookup

Interactive name server query utility.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ dnsquery

DNS server query tool.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ host

Host information lookup tool.