Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

Configuring BIND Graphically 349Starting and Stopping the ServerThe BIND daemon is called named, which can be controlled by its initialization script withthe following command:service named Replace with one of the following:. start: Start the name server.. stop: Stop the name server.. status: Show the status of the name server.. restart: Stop the server if it is running, then start named. If the server is not alreadyrunning, the stop action will fail, but the start action will still be called.. condrestart: If the server is already running, and only if the server is alreadyrunning, restart it.. reload: Reload the server configuration to enable changes to the configuration files.To have BIND start at boot time, execute the following as root:chkconfig named onConfiguring BIND GraphicallyEven if you use the graphical tool to configure BIND, it is recommended that you readthe previous section “Configuring BIND” to understand the configuration options thetool is manipulating.16In addition to installing the bind package, bind-utils package, and their software dependencies,install the system-config-bind RPM package if you want to use the graphicalconfiguration tool.To start the tool, go to the System menu on the top panel of the desktop and selectAdministration, Server Settings, Domain Name System. Alternatively, execute thesystem-config-bind command. If you are not already logged in as the root user, thecorrect root password must be entered before you are allowed to use the tool.The application comes with a detailed manual in PDF format in the /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-/scb_manual.pdf file. This section highlights some of itsfeatures, but the manual should be consulted for complete instructions.When the tool starts, it reads the existing /etc/named.conf file and loads the currentconfiguration. However, if the file contains a syntax error, the error is displayed instead.After fixing the error, start the tool again to proceed. Because the configuration file is readeach time the tool starts, it can be modified manually with a text editor before or afterusing system-config-bind without losing the changes the next time the tool is started.