Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 306

/etc/named.conf is roughly divided into two areas. One is the options section
for general settings and the other consists of zone entries for the individual domains.
A logging section and acl (access control list) entries are optional. Comment lines
begin with a # sign or //. A minimal /etc/named.conf is shown in
"A Basic /etc/named.conf"
Example 21.2 A Basic /etc/named.conf
options {
};
zone "localhost" in {
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
};
zone "." in {
};
21.5.1 Important Configuration Options
directory "filename";
Specifies the directory in which BIND can find the files containing the zone data.
Usually, this is /var/lib/named.
forwarders { ip-address; };
Specifies the name servers (mostly of the provider) to which DNS requests should
be forwarded if they cannot be resolved directly. Replace ip-address with an
IP address like 192.168.1.116.
forward first;
Causes DNS requests to be forwarded before an attempt is made to resolve them
via the root name servers. Instead of forward first, forward only can
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directory "/var/lib/named";
forwarders { 10.0.0.1; };
notify no;
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
type master;
file "127.0.0.zone";
type hint;
file "root.hint";
Example 21.2,