named.boot vs. named.conf ???

Thor Kottelin thor at anta.net
Fri Jan 28 08:26:15 UTC 2000



BIND Users Mailing List wrote:

> From: "Duane Cox" <dcox at coxnetwork.com>

> could someone please explain to me the difference between named.boot and named.conf
> it seems as though these files could server the same purpose.. but why two?

By default, version 4 uses named.boot, and version 8 named.conf.

> is it save to delete named.boot if you are using named.conf?

Generally speaking, yes.

Thor

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