Installing a DNS server on debian etch

apt-get install bind9

 

vi /etc/bind/named.conf.local

 

add the following

 

zone "test-server.com" IN {
        type master;
        file "/etc/bind/test-server.db";
        };
 

 

 vi /etc/bind/test-server.db

 

add the following

$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN test-server.com.
@       IN      SOA     ns1.test-server.com. admin.test-server.com. (
                                                2004042601      ; serial
                                                21600           ; refresh
                                                3600            ; retry
                                                604800          ; expires
                                                86400 )         ; minimum

        IN      NS              ns1.test-server.com.

        IN      MX      10      mail.test-server.com.

        IN      A               192.168.0.242

ns1     IN      A       192.168.0.242
www     IN      A       192.168.0.247
ftp     IN      A       192.168.0.247
mail    IN      A       192.168.0.244
aggi    IN      A       192.168.0.247

vi /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 127.0.0.1

 

/etc/init.d/bind reload

 

on other clients

vi /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.0.242

 

now do a

dig MX test-server.com

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