October 2001
Beginner
1024 pages
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Enabling BIND in FreeBSD is the simplest part of configuring it. All you have to do, just as with other built-in FreeBSD services that we have discussed, is add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
named_enable="YES"
With this option set, named will run automatically at boot time. To start it without rebooting, use the ndc tool:
# ndc start new pid is 12717
The server should now be running. However, this is only scratching the surface of a complete BIND configuration.
Note
For maximum efficiency, put a nameserver line into your /etc/resolv.conf, referring to the loopback address (127.0.0.1) as your primary name server. This way, you will be able to do DNS lookups the quickest way of all: from your own machine. ...
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