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?