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10-15-2001

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Named

It looks like named, but it's said as "name-dee", it's the daemon that runs the name server. The config file you want is in /etc, if memory serves, usually /etc/named.conf. There shoudl also be a man page on that one. The database for the zone is usually in the named.hostname file in /etc. This will contaitn all of the entries for your zone that you are setting up. There are a number of quirks to BIND and named, not the least of which is incrementing the serial number each time you edit the database file to get named to re-read the SOA.
In all honesty, setting up DNS is a real task, and I'd highly recommend the O'Rielly book "DNS and BIND", available at B&N, or anywhere that has ORA books (also ora.com). It's a good read, relatively short, and a relaly good reference to DNS and BIND.

Good luck, get the book, save yourself some seriously frustrating time, and have fun with it,

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HP-SEARCH-MAC(1)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					  HP-SEARCH-MAC(1)

NAME

       hp-search-mac  -- HP switch search tool.

DESCRIPTION

	HP-search-MAC is an util that can query HP switches for their
	connection table. It then allow you to search for a MAC address and tell you
	where it is physically connected (best match first).
	.
	The functionality is similar to traceroute but on Ethernet level and only
	for HP switches.

USAGE

       hp-search-mac [options] [MAC] [...]

OPTIONS

       hp-search-mac [options] mac [ [options] mac ] [...]

       options:
	 --dl n 	  Set debug level to n.
	 --help 	  Print this help.
	 --hostname host[=>community] | -h host[=>community]	       Set a switch name to search. You can also set this in
		       /etc/hp-search-mac.conf or ~/.hp-search-mac.conf.	    The hash to set is \%switches.

       Mac:
	 You can use some different formats:	  ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (hex)      ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff (hex)

	       0.123.0.12.0.12.0 (dec)

       CONFIGURATION:

       \%switches:	This is a normal perl hash of the form	    \%switches = ("host" => "community", ...);

AUTHOR

       Ola Lundqvist <ola@inguza.com>

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