BIND DNS question

Hi there,

My system. Fedora Core 3 on a dell desktop.

I don't understand why different interfaces like Webmin and Domain name
system under server settings and don't seem to point to the same directory
when configuring BIND.

I realized that the file I've been playing with (/etc/named.conf) also
exists in /var/named/chroot/var/named and I don't understand why.

I'm a newbie in LINUX admin and it's not easy to configure BIND. I decided
to give it a try with Domain name system that I just downloaded with yum.
Webmin and BIND don't co-exist well together so I'm giving up with Webmin.
It is good for other services but with BIND it's a nice piece of crap as far
as I'm concerned.

Can somebody clarify that in plain english please.

Thanks in advance.

Kashmir

Me again,

I got it a bit further in my quest to run a DNS. I got it going with WEBMIN
& Domain name
system altogether to manage BIND DNS. I still don't understand why
named.conf is not in the /etc directory but it's working.

If someone is willing to answer it please feel free to help a poor man on
its own to learn about BIND-DNS.

I also have another question. I have followed instructions to have a DHCP
server to run and update BIND. Both servers are on the same machine. I want
to know how can I make sure that DHCP and the DNS talk each other.

When I ping say:

machine1 I have a reply but when I ping:

machine1.mydomain.forfun

nothing is resolved. Can I expect a reply from my DNS without entering every
machine by hand in my zone mydomain.forfun ?

Thanks in advance,

Kashmir

"Kashmir" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> My system. Fedora Core 3 on a dell desktop.
>
> I don't understand why different interfaces like Webmin and Domain name
> system under server settings and don't seem to point to the same directory
> when configuring BIND.
>
> I realized that the file I've been playing with (/etc/named.conf) also
> exists in /var/named/chroot/var/named and I don't understand why.
>
> I'm a newbie in LINUX admin and it's not easy to configure BIND. I decided
> to give it a try with Domain name system that I just downloaded with yum.
> Webmin and BIND don't co-exist well together so I'm giving up with Webmin.
> It is good for other services but with BIND it's a nice piece of crap as
> far as I'm concerned.
>
> Can somebody clarify that in plain english please.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kashmir
>