UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have to put in an Forward from an ip adress to another in our
DNS , anyone know how to do that i pretty sure i have to put
in somewhere in the named files but where?

I tryed to put it in like an CNAME but it didn't work.

any suggestions?

/Nick

First, it would really help if you told us what OS you are running. My HPUX is setup rather differently than some other OSs.

If I understand correctly, the CNAME is an alias hostname. I think you need to define it first before you can give it an alias.

If you don't have the O'Reilly TCP/IP and the DNS/BIND books, get them. They are GREAT!.

I think the TCP/IP book is what will help you with the named.* files. I haven't really dealt with that but I have the book and it discusses exactly what you are asking.


Hope this helps!

It would also help to know what version of bind.

On version 8 it would be named.conf and would look something like ( this is the top part of the file - shortened to what you needed - IP addresses changed to protect the company):

# Bind 8 Config File
# Created 9/16/98 Kurt Strassner
# High Level Options

options
{
directory "/var/named" ;
version "NOYB";
multiple-cnames yes ;
check-names master warn ;
check-names slave ignore ;
forward only ;
forwarders { 16.4.1.66 ; 16.4.1.67 ; } ;
} ;