08-21-2008
Are you asking more on a fundamental level? That would be just how DNS works, nothing special about BIND in the client/server part.
Cricket Liu has a book that has some first chapters that talk about the basics of DNS.
Does that help?
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ipa-dns-install(1) IPA Manual Pages ipa-dns-install(1)
NAME
ipa-dns-install - Add DNS as a service to an IPA server
SYNOPSIS
ipa-dns-install [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Adds DNS as an IPA-managed service. This requires that the IPA server is already installed and configured.
OPTIONS
-p DM_PASSWORD, --ds-password=DM_PASSWORD
The password to be used by the Directory Server for the Directory Manager user
-d, --debug
Enable debug logging when more verbose output is needed
--ip-address=IP_ADDRESS
The IP address of the IPA server. If not provided then this is determined based on the hostname of the server.
--forwarder=FORWARDER
A forwarder is a DNS server where queries for a specific non-resolvable address can be directed. To define multiple forwarders use
multiple instances of --forwarder
--no-forwarders
Do not add any DNS forwarders, send non-resolvable addresses to the DNS root servers.
--reverse-zone=REVERSE_ZONE
The reverse DNS zone to use
--no-reverse
Do not create new reverse DNS zone. If used on a replica and a reverse DNS zone already exists for the subnet, it will be used.
--zonemgr
The e-mail address of the DNS zone manager. Defaults to hostmaster@DOMAIN
-U, --unattended
An unattended installation that will never prompt for user input
EXIT STATUS
0 if the installation was successful
1 if an error occurred
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