Starting/Stopping The Dns Server; Creating A Zone Object - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Starting/Stopping the DNS Server

Creating a Zone Object

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Events Log: Specifies the degree of event data the server is to collect.
Major or critical events denote a significant change in the state of server
processing. To configure the event log, choose from the following
options:
None: Turns off event logging (default)
Major Events: Logs only critical events
All: Logs both major and minor events
Audit Log: Check Enable Audit Trail Log to log audit trails and events.
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Click DNS Management > DNS Server Management to open the DNS
Server Management window in the main panel.
2
Select Start/Stop Server from the drop-down menu > click OK to open the
DNS Server Start/Stop Services window.
3
Select the DNS server.
4
Click OK.
5
Depending on the state of the DNS Server module, any one of the
following will now appear:
Failure notification message: This appears if the DNS Server module
(NAMED.NLM) is not loaded. In order to start the server, load the
DNS Server module through the system console.
Start button: If the DNS Server module is loaded but in STOP mode,
click to start the DNS server.
Stop button: If the DNS Server module is loaded but in START
mode, click to stop the DNS server.
NOTE:
To use the Start/Stop DNS service, NAMED.NLM must be loaded.
The DNS Zone object is an eDirectory container object that comprises
Resource Record Set (RRSet) objects and resource records. This section
provides information about how to create a Secondary DNS Zone object and
an IN-ADDR.ARPA Zone object. For information about how to create a
Primary DNS Zone object, refer to
page 79.
"Creating a Primary DNS Zone Object" on