DESTETC /usr/local/etc not created

[Mark.Andrews at iengines.com]

> Hello
> 
> I'd appreciate a quick response to my questions below as I'm trying to 
> re-build our DNS servers before we close the millennium.
> 
> I am trying to install Bind 8.2.2 patch 5 on an UltraSparc 5 running 
> Solaris 2.6 and using gcc 2.95.2
> 
> I have followed the instructions in INSTALL in the src directory. I chose 
> to build in my source tree /opt/bind/src   I am using the standard 
> src/port/solaris/Makefile.set file which specifies the default path for 
> DESTETC as /usr/local/etc
> 
> The process I have gone through is from with my src directory 
> /opt/bind/src:-
> 
> 1) make stdlinks
> 2) make clean
> 3) make depend
> 4) make all
> 5) rm .settings in /opt/bind/src
> 6) make install
> 
> The problem I experiencing is that after the make install /usr/local/etc is 
> not created and the named and ndc are copied into /usr/local/sbin
> 
> However, the INSTALL instructions state that the ndc control channel 
> and named.conf file are stored in DESTETC, ie, /usr/local/etc
> 
> 1) Should the installation process create a /usr/local/etc directory and 
store any files into the directory?
> 
> 2) Is the ndc control channel created dynamically when named starts 
> up?

	Yes.  Though the directory must exist.
> 
> 3) Are there any disadvantages of locating the DESTETC and 
> DESTRUN as /etc

	Yes and no.  See the security caveat w.r.t. unix domain sockets and
	the fact the permissions of the socket are ignored.
> 
> 4) When installing Solaris is it preferable to specify Other or Done for a 
> name service given I shall be installing Bind on the system?

	Depends.  What do you want all the other databases.  I used to
	use NIS/NIS+ for passwd etc.  So I would install as NIS/NIS+ and
	manualy fix the hosts entry in nswitch.conf to be dns and files.
> 
> 5) Is it preferable to install Bind as user bin rather than root?

	No.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Hoshi
> 
> 
> 
> Hoshi Sepai                 e-mail: h.sepai at mdx.ac.uk
> Middlesex University
> London, UK
> 
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