Dear SysAdmins,
This summary concerns the setting up of a second
domain on our academic UNIX box.  I received the first answer
within about 20 minutes of my original posting - how is
that for service?!
Firstly, thanks to all who helped, notably :-
Peter Bivesand <PetBi_at_UNIT.LiU.SE>
crossmd_at_heu534.ha.uk.sbphrd.com
Robert Beazley <beazley_at_ix.netcom.com>
Jon Craig <jcraig_at_gfs.com>
Cliff Krieger <ckrieger_at_latrade.com>
"Kevin Oberman" <oberman_at_es.net>
Setting up this UNIX box to run a new sub-domain was actually
very easy once I understood what was going on.  As many
people recommended, before attempting anything I grabbed a
copy of DNS and BIND by Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu (published
by O'Reilly - 
http://www.ora.com/catalog/dns/noframes.html )
In the end, all I had to do was :-
1. Created a master file for the new zone, containing 
   name server and address information for the new zone.
2. update named.boot with the following :-
primary         new.sub.domain         sub.master
    where sub.master is the new zone file.
3.  re-start the named.
4.  Update sendmail so that the box will accept mail for 
    the new zone.
And that was it!  
cheers, mark
 
Mark S. Burrell                        ADAM Technical Officer
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Historical and Critical Studies Dept.   
Tel:+44(0)191 2273704
University of Northumbria              mailto:mark_at_adam.ac.uk
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK      
http://adam.ac.uk/~mark
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Received on Mon Nov 25 1996 - 13:17:16 NZDT