To add a slave zone (also known as a secondary master), click the
Add button and select . Enter the domain name for the slave zone in the
Domain name text area.
A new window will appear, as shown in Figure 16-4,
with the following options:
Name — The domain name that was entered
in the previous window.
Masters List — The name server from which
the slave zone retrieves its data. This value must be a valid IP
address. You can only enter numbers and dots (.) in the text area.
File Name — File name of the DNS database
file in /var/named.
The configuration shown in Figure 16-4 creates
the following entry in /etc/named.conf:
zone "slave.example.com" {
type slave;
file "slave.example.com.zone";
masters {
1.2.3.4;
};
}; |
The configuration file
/var/named/slave.example.com.zone
is created by the named service
when it downloads the zone data from
the master server(s).
After configuring the slave zone, click OK
to return to the main window as shown in Figure 16-1. From the pulldown menu, choose => to write the
/etc/named.conf configuration file
and have the daemon reload the configuration files.
