In this implementation of BIND 8.1.1, the configuration and
data files for the DNS server are found under the /BIND/PUB
directory of the POSIX name space, though the DNS server is started
by running a job from the MPE/iX name space — JNAMED.PUB.BIND
which runs program NAMED.PUB.BIND.
The NAMED program maintains a cache of information, taken
initially from its zone files (database files) augmented by information
which it has retrieved from other DNS servers on the network.
Syslog is the standard event logging subsystem for UNIX, which
has now been implemented as Syslog/iX on MPE/iX 6.0 running in the
POSIX environment. DNS BIND/iX server logging is handled by Syslog/iX.
In order to run the DNS server, you will first configure and start
Syslog/iX. Details on configuring and running Syslog/iX can be found
in Appendix E “Configure and Run Syslog/iX” of this
manual.
The client (resolver) code has already been implemented in
earlier releases of MPE/iX via library routines and the configuration
file RESLVCNF.NET.SYS (linked to
/etc/resolv.conf). RESLVCNF.NET.SYS
contains information about the domain of the client host and the
IP addresses of the local DNS servers who can be queried for information.