User Guide

38 Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
103-000164-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Figure 7 shows a representation of eDirectory objects within a DNS zone.
Figure 7 DNS Zone
DNS Master File
A DNS master file contains resource records that describe a zone. When you
use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to build a zone, the DNS objects and
their attributes translate into resource records for that zone.
You can use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to import a DNS master file
if it conforms to IETF RFCs 1035, 1036, and 1183 and is in BIND master file
format. A sample DNS master file is shown in the following example.
$ORIGIN sjf.novell.com. @ soa
sjfns.sjf.novell.com. Smith.novell.com (
1996091454 3600 300 604800 86400 ) ns
sjfns.sjf.novell.com. ns ns.novell.com. mx
5 sjf-mx.idz.sjf.novell.com. $ORIGIN
sjf.novell.com.sjfns a 123.45.67.89bsmith a
123.45.68.103; End of file
DNS Serv
er
DNS Zone
RRSet
(host)
RRSet
(mail server)
RRSet
(printer)
RRSet
(host2)
(Locality)=Chicago
chicago.company.com