BIND CONFIGURATION IN RHEL5

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yum install bind* caching-nameserver
chkconfig named --levels 35 on
cd /var/named/chroot/etc/
vim named.conf
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chown root.named named.conf
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cd /var/named/chroot/var/named/
 cp -p localhost.zone anjan.for
cp -p named.local anjan.rev
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service named start
vi named.conf
  //

// named.caching-nameserver.conf

//

// Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package to configure the

// ISC BIND named(8) DNS server as a caching only nameserver

// (as a localhost DNS resolver only).

//

// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.

//

// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - use system-config-bind or an editor

// to create named.conf - edits to this file will be lost on

// caching-nameserver package upgrade.

//

options {

        listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 10.138.1.2; };

        listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };

        directory       "/var/named";

        dump-file       "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";

        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";

        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";

        // Those options should be used carefully because they disable port

        // randomization

        // query-source    port 53;

        // query-source-v6 port 53;

        allow-query     { localhost; 10.138.1.0/24; };

        allow-query-cache { localhost; 10.138.1.0/24; };

};

// named.rfc1912.zones:

//

// Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package

//

// ISC BIND named zone configuration for zones recommended by

// RFC 1912 section 4.1 : localhost TLDs and address zones

//

// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.

//

zone "anjan.local" IN {

        type master;

        file "anjan.for";

        allow-update { none; };

};

zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {

        type master;

        file "anjan.rev";

        allow-update { none; };

};

Forward lookup zone
 cp localhost.zone redhat.for
 vi anjan.for
  $TTL    86400

@               IN SOA dns.anjan.local. root.dns.anjan.local. (

                                        42              ; serial (d. adams)

                                        3H              ; refresh

                                        15M             ; retry

                                        1W              ; expiry

                                        1D )            ; minimum

                IN NS           dns.anjan.local.

dns             IN A            192.168.0.1

 Reverse lookup zone
vi anjan.rev  
$TTL    86400

@       IN      SOA     dns.anjan.local. root.dns.anjan.local. (

                                      1997022700 ; Serial

                                      28800      ; Refresh

                                      14400      ; Retry

                                      3600000    ; Expire

                                      86400 )    ; Minimum

        IN      NS      dns.anjan.local.

1       IN      PTR     dns.anjan.local.

 #Slave named config  options {
 directory "/var/named";
 dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
 statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
 };
 zone "google.com." IN {
 type slave;
 masters { 192.168.0.2; };
 file "slaves/google.for";
 };
 zone "yahoo.com." IN {
 type slave;
 masters { 192.168.0.5; };
 file "slaves/yahoo.for";
 };
 zone "redhat.com." IN {
 type slave;
 masters { 192.168.0.7; };
 file "slaves/redhat.for";
 };
 zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa." IN {
 type slave;
 masters { 192.168.0.2; 192.168.0.5; 192.168.0.7; };
 file "slaves/google.rev";
 };
 include "/etc/rndc.key";
 service named restart
 It will automatically creates the forward and reverse lookup zones in dir slaves