[CentOS] Adding Bind to a workstation build

[Robert Moskowitz]

At 12:17 PM 2/8/2006, Will McDonald wrote:
>On 08/02/06, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> > I need a DNS server in a test environment, so I am adding Bind to my
> > notebook build.
> >
> > I first did: yum install bind
> > rebooted
> > yum update
> > rebooted
> >
> > Now I see named as a service I can start.
> >
> > But when I go to /var/named to edit the files (btw, all I want to do
> > at this point is to fake out a FQDN expected by a piece of gear), 
> none exist.
> >
> > And I doubt that if I start named it would be properly chrooted (as
> > it was on a server where I selected named as a service to install).
> >
> > So pointers?
> >
> > where do I go from here?
>
># yum grouplist | grep -i dns
># yum groupinfo "DNS Name Server"
>Setting up Group Process
>Setting up repositories
>archive-rhel4-dag         100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>
>Group: DNS Name Server
>  Required Groups:
>    Base
>  Mandatory Packages:
>    bind
>  Default Packages:
>    caching-nameserver
>    bind-chroot
>
># yum groupinstall "DNS Name Server"
>
>Perhaps?

looks like a winner.  Everything looks like it is there now.....

thanks!