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1. What is the version number of the installed BIND package? | 1. What is the version number of the installed BIND package? | ||
| − | Name: | + | Name: Mohak Vyas |
| − | Answer: | + | Answer: The version number of the installed BIND package is 9.5.0-P2. |
| + | After starting the name server, when you give the command service named status, it prints the version number. | ||
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3. What is bind tool called "named-checkzone" use for? | 3. What is bind tool called "named-checkzone" use for? | ||
| − | Name: | + | Name: Mohak Vyas |
| − | Answer: | + | Answer: The zone file should be checked for format consistency. Named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity on the zone file. |
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5. We have used the dig and nslookup bind utilities in this lab, what are the other two bind utilities and what are they for? | 5. We have used the dig and nslookup bind utilities in this lab, what are the other two bind utilities and what are they for? | ||
| − | Name: | + | Name: Mohak Vyas |
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| + | Answer: The other two utilities are host and nsupdate. | ||
| − | + | <u>host:</u> A utility for performing DNS lookups, normally used to convert names to IP address and vice-versa. | |
| + | <u>nsupdate:</u> A utility to update a DNS zone, adding or deleting any type of DNS record the name server supports. | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 6 October 2008
Questions
1. What is the version number of the installed BIND package?
Name: Mohak Vyas
Answer: The version number of the installed BIND package is 9.5.0-P2. After starting the name server, when you give the command service named status, it prints the version number.
2. What is bind tool called "named-checkconf" use for?
Name: Nestor the Guy who Paste all the questions...
Answer: The bind tool "Named-checkconf" is to used for checking the syntax of a named configuration file. But it will not check semantics.
3. What is bind tool called "named-checkzone" use for?
Name: Mohak Vyas
Answer: The zone file should be checked for format consistency. Named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity on the zone file.
4. What are the names of all the other tools in the bind package?
Name:
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5. We have used the dig and nslookup bind utilities in this lab, what are the other two bind utilities and what are they for?
Name: Mohak Vyas
Answer: The other two utilities are host and nsupdate.
host: A utility for performing DNS lookups, normally used to convert names to IP address and vice-versa. nsupdate: A utility to update a DNS zone, adding or deleting any type of DNS record the name server supports.
6. What is the information provided by the "service named status" command?
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7. Will the "version" statement in the "/etc/named.conf" file change the output of the "service named status" command?
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8. The SOA resource record in a zone file contains 5 numbers, what is the usage of the last one?
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