Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

CHAPTER 3DNS Setup and Administration(Reference)The Solaris 10 operating system ships with the BIND 9.x DNS name server. Thischapter provides configuration and administration information related to using BIND9 on the Solaris operating system. General BIND and DNS information is availablefrom many other sources, including those listed in “Related Materials” on page 47.This chapter covers the following topics.■ “Related Materials” on page 47■ “Migrating From BIND 8 to BIND 9” on page 48■ “DNS and the Service Management Facility” on page 49■ “Implementing rndc” on page 50■ “BIND 9 Commands, Files, Tools, and Options” on page 52■ “The named.conf Options” on page 54Related MaterialsFor information about DNS and BIND administration, see the followingdocumentation.■ BIND 9 Migration Notes documentation in/usr/share/doc/bind/migration.txt■ BIND 9 Administrator’s Manual on the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) web siteat http://www.isc.org■ Listings of BIND features, known bugs and defects, and links to additionalmaterial on the ISC web site at http://www.isc.org■ DNS and Bind, by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu, (4th Edition, O’Reilly, 2001)47