DNS BIND/iX Component Files

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.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ addr

Address lookup tool.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ named- bootconf.pl

Perl script to assist in converting BIND 4.x named.boot to 8.x named.conf.

/BIND/PUB/bin/ nsupdate

Zone transfer program — called internally by nameservers to transfer zone information from primary to secondary servers

/BIND/PUB/ public_html

Linked to sub-directory /BIND/PUB/doc-8.1.1/html

/BIND/PUB/ include

Include code files.

/BIND/PUB/lib

Library routines