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On Tuesday 13 December 2005 20:54, Tom Smith wrote: |
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> I'm looking to install BIND DNS on one of my server (the first Gentoo box |
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> on my network) but haven't been able to locate it in Portage. I tried the |
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> obvious searches for "bind", "nameserver", "dns", etc, but still haven't |
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> been able to find it. |
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> Does Gentoo have a BIND package and, if so, what's it name? |
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Uhh, there is a bind package: |
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maya / # emerge -p bind |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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[ebuild N ] net-dns/bind-9.2.5-r6 |
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maya / # |
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Although personally I'd be tempted to recommend djbdns, much in the same way |
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as I'd advise something like postfix over sendmail. There's some info on the |
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wiki on how to install and configure djbdns, along with links to more info: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_a_DNS_Server_with_DJBDNS |
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