named.conf -> etc?

Lars Hecking lhecking+u$e-net at nmrc.ucc.ie
Thu Feb 24 14:10:02 UTC 2000


Takács István <istvan.takacs at szerencsejatek.hu> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I've compiled Bind 822p5 on a Solaris 2.6, and 
> made the named.conf, db.xyz, and so on.
> 
> When I restart the named, then it sends an error
> message, that it can not open the 
> /usr/local/etc/named.conf file.
> 
> I thought that the named.conf lives in the /etc
> I found not a directory, but a file in the /usr/local, called
> etc.
> It was exactly the same as the /etc/named.conf.
> 
> Is that normal?

 Read the INSTALL file that comes with the source, especially the section
 called "Installation".

 To use a config file in /etc, you have to set DESTETC=/etc in
 ports/solaris/Makefile.set.




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