RedHat 8.0 Domain name Server setup?

[ZiaTioN]

I have recently started fooling around with the DNS that comes default with RH 8.0 and was wondering if anyone has had any experience setting a resolution up? I went through the steps and configged a forward and reverse resolve of my server address and resolved to a URL of my choice but still did not work.

I am not sure if the server was running and searched through the list of services that start on startup but did not find it. If I knew the exact command to start the DNS I could add it to rc.d/rc.local like I have done for my web server, but anyway.

Can anyone guide me in the right direction and tell me what i did wrong or what needs to be done to make it where I can type in a url such as www.I.Rule.com and have my web page come up? I understand that this will only work on my internal network but just trying to get some experience with it.

Thanks!

[Void Main]

I guess you haven't seen my tip on setting up Dynamic DNS and DHCP. You aren't asking for either Dynamic DNS or DHCP but it also has static examples. Also you don't want to start your web server or DNS from rc.local. You can list your services with the "chkconfig" command:

$ su -
# chkconfig --list | more

To enable your web server service and your DNS service so they start at boot up:

# chkconfig httpd on
# chkconfig named on

To start them now:

# service httpd start
# service named start

After making a change to their configuration files you would:

# service httpd reload
# service named reload

Here is my DHCP/DNS tip:
http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/redhat/re ... c_dns.html

My example uses "voidmain.home" for the domain name. Just replace "voidmain.home" with whatever domain name you want everywhere you see it.