Chapter 10 - DNS & Bind Configuration

Question 1

What options are available when loading the named daemon when using either service named or rcnamed?

Answer 1

Start, Stop, Restart, Reload, Status

Question 2

In order to get more fine grained control of the named daemon what command would you use in place of service named or rcnamed and list the options that are available.

Answer 2

rndc

Question 3

What is the “search” parameter used for in the /etc/resolv.conf file?

Answer 3

It defines the search domain

Question 4

When do you typically need to manually configure the /etc/resolv.conf file on the client?

Answer 4

When not using DHCP or for troubleshooting

Question 5

What command can you use to determine which version of BIND you are using?

Answer 5

named -v

Question 6

What command can you use to quickly determine whether your server is listening on port 53, what IP addresses it is listening to port 53 on, etc?

Answer 6

netstat -tuna