How to Install Bind 9

The Internet is an enormously complex network, but underneath the teeming exchange of digital data is an organizational structure that maintains its operability. BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is one of many domain name servers used on the Internet. Installing Bind 9 requires a fairly sophisticated knowledge of computer networking and programming.

Instructions

1. Configure the platform by inputting the following lines of code: "./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-threads --localstatedir=/var/state --with-libtool --with-openssl=/usr/ssl."

2. Remove previous versions of Bind on your system.

3. Create a new Bind user group, members and administrators, and assign or restrict network privileges a needed.

4. Input "mkdir -p /var/named/pz<br /><br /> chown -R named:named /var/named<br /><br /> chmod -R 755 /var/named" to generate the Bind run directory.

5. Make a "root.hints" file and click "Execute."

6. Set the password by inputting "mmencode<br /><br /> [pasword]<br /><br /> aHVz (mmencode returns this)<br /><br /> ^C."

References

• Linux sxs: Bind9
• Bind9.net