RedHat 8.0 / BIND 9.2.1 problem!

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> I am running a BIND 9.2.1 server on RH 8.0.  RH 8.0 has a custom
> configuration utility for it's DNS server that does not allow you to
> edit and add options to named.conf, but rather you must add options to
> named.custom.
> 
> I am trying to setup forwarders to forward requests to another
> internal DNS server if the query doesn't find anything on my machine. 
> I add this to named.custom
> 
> options {
> forwarders { 10.0.0.5; };
> forward only;
> };
> 
> When I try to restart the named deamon, I get this error message. 
> "named failed. The error was: Starting named: [FAILED]"
> 
> I remove this line and it starts fine, but does not forward requests.
> 
> When I add these lines to named.conf, it forwards requests to the
> 10.0.0.5 server.  But when you restart the RH Custom DNS Configuration
> utility, these lines are removed.
> 
> HELP!
> 

	Go ask RH.
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