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BIND is the most widely used DNS software on the internet and the de facto standard on Unix-like operating systems.

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How do I do a complete BIND9 DNS Server Configuration with a hostname?

I need a complete step-by-step guide on how to produce such a server configuration. Can anyone help-me?
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binding back/forward to mouse buttons

I have a basic logitech mouse with 5 buttons: left, right, wheel left, wheel, wheel right. I used to use wheel left and right for going back and forward in my browser or navigator. Now this doesn't ...
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Difference between --rbind and --bind in mounting

I am confused. Linux filesystem is a tree structure, with the root node(starting node) as the root directory. Now let's suppose I have a folder abc at location /home/abc and another folder xyz at ...
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How to allow bind in app armor?

Question: I did setup bind9 as described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12149576#post12149576 Now I have a little problem with apparmor: If I switch it off, it works. If apparmor ...
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How to replace mdns4_minimal with BIND?

Have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version. According to task should install BIND as DNS server. I noticed in nsswitch.conf has: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 Could you please explain ...
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What does "@" mean in bind zone file?

Usually after $TTL and $ORIGIN there is a line starting with @ and IN in zone name then email address of admin, what does @ mean here and in the next entries?
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Where can I change the webpage shown by apache?

I have ubuntu 10.10 installed, and when I hit my IP I see: It works! This is the default web page for this server. The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet. Where ...
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What is the named daemon and why is it running?

I want to know why the named daemon is running, do I need it running for my VPS to work properly ? Can I stop or remove it ?
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How to Disable External DNS recursion?

I know that to disable recursive queries in BIND, I need add the following lines to the options section of /etc/bind/named.conf.options allow-transfer {"none";}; allow-recursion {"none";}; recursion ...
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isc_stdio_open '/var/log/bind9/query.log' failed: permission denied

/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.named /var/log/bind9/** rw, /var/log/bind9/ rw, /etc/bind/named.conf.options options { directory "/var/cache/bind"; auth-nxdomain no; listen-on-v6 { ...
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Looking for BIND web interface

I currently manage the domains of many clients and would like to setup a BIND server so I can all manage them from one place. Now, I'm looking for a web interface to BIND that would let my clients ...
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How to hide bind mounts in nautilus?

Summary: How do I remove folders mounted via bind or bindfs in /etc/fstab from appearing as devices in nautilus left column, the "places" view? detailed: Hello, I mount various directories from my ...
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xvkbd broken with warnings

I'm using the latest version of Ubuntu and I can't run xvkbd properly. I get these errors: $ xvkbd Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type ...
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How do I activate a local caching nameserver?

I want to have strong DNS cache server on my local host (server). So I need to change name server to my localhost. How can I change it? byt this config it seems I must don't change it via editor so ...
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Package version updates policy

Not sure if here it's the right place to ask, if not - please point me to the right direction. Let's say there's a package, for the sake of real-world example - bind9. In Precise and in Quantal it's ...
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How to mount bind in fstab?

Here is my fstab entry : "/mnt/c/Users/clego/OneDrive - ESEO/Cours/I2/" /home/clego/I2 none defaults,bind 0 0 But when I type sudo mount -a I got mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 1 -- ...
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BIND9 will not resolve

For some reason when I do nslookup routeror nslookup KLAMESERVER for my router.Klamenick.com or KLAMESERVER.Klamenick.com internal domain, it always says: Server: 192.168.0.2 Address: ...
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Got SERVFAIL reply from 8.8.8.8, trying next server [ubuntu 14.04 digitalocean ispconfig]

All started with a vps from digitalocean and the following documentation from ispconfig https://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-14.04-apache2-php-mysql-pureftpd-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3 after ...
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DNS server can't find PTR record: NXDOMAIN

I tried to set up bind DNS in Ubuntu. I have 2 machine: machine A is client: IP: 192.168.190.176 hostname: example.com machine B is DNS Server: IP: 192.168.190.171 In DNS server: /etc/bind/...
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How do I prevent directories mounted with 'bind' from appearing on 'Devices' on nautilus?

I have these lines in the fstab # binds /media/DataNtfs/Music /home/can/Music none rw,bind /media/DataNtfs/Pictures /home/can/Pictures none rw,...
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Mount directory at startup --bind option

I am mounting already my directory Music from /bakup in my home folder Music using this method: sudo mount --bind -o default /bakup/Music $HOME/Music/ how can I do, to autoexec this at the startup ...
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How can I setup dhcpd (dynamic DNS)?

I have a Ubuntu Server 11.04 firewall/gateway set up and I'm wondering how I can configure isc-dhcp-server to update bind9 to resolve hostnames in the network. Here is my setup: 3 computers (example)...
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Run script AFTER automounting usb hdd (udev, mount --bind) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to run a script when a distinct flash-drive is mounted? When plugging-in my USB HDD, it is mounted automatically, as expected. After that event, I'd like to automatically ...
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bind fatal error cant open custom log

I have been having problems with bind9 on 14.04 LTS sudo service bind9 start produces next log May 20 21:47:46 c1 named[1110]: starting BIND 9.9.5-3-Ubuntu -u bind May 20 21:47:46 c1 named[1110]: ...
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xmodmap doesn't work anymore after upgrading to 22.04

I upgraded to the latest 22.04 LTS version this morning and after that my xmodmap script doesn't work anymore, i'm curious if something has changed that is causing the script to not work anymore. I ...
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systemd/init bind to port

I'm having a problem starting GPSD on a Beaglebone Green. I get a socket bind error: root@BBG1:/etc/init# gpsd -D3 -n -N /dev/ttyUSB0 gpsd:INFO: launching (Version 3.16) gpsd:ERROR: can't bind to ...
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Server Can't Find: SERVFAIL & Bind9 DNS Server Setup

i'm trying to deploy a web app on a VPS server. The app build with Django and currently trying to serve files with Apache2. I'm having trouble with DNS setup(bind9). The company i use does not help ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 bind not resolving locally

Just trying the newest Ubuntu 19.04 and it has some differences with resolv.conf when running my own bind locally. Previously in 18.04 resolv.conf looks like this nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 127....
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Binding device to a driver module

I'm trying to understand better the process of binding a device to its driver. I have an USB tool (In System Programmer for Arduino) whose Id (Product and Vendor) are known. The driver, cdc_acm.ko, ...
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How to auto-install runlevel control for existing service/daemon?

Need to install a service/daemon (in this case bind9, a DNS service) runlevel control, aka "rc" control (/etc/rc*.d and such). bind9 came pre-installed on my 11.04 system, but without aforementioned ...
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Infinite loop when unbind+bind the device to the same driver in udev

I am using Magic Mouse 2 with ubuntu 20.04. To use the scrolling feature, I had to install this driver: https://github.com/rohitpid/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver. The only problem is that I need to ...
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Bind Forward Zone not Working

Running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and I am trying to configure Bind as a DNS server, for my home lab, as some of the software (VMware) requires DNS to run. I have the reverse lookup working with issue, but ...
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Wordpress deployed with JUJU using LXC fail

When I deploy the wordpress and mysql charms with juju on my maas controller like so: juju deploy --to lxc:0 wordpress juju deploy --to lxc:0 mysql juju add-relation wordpress:db mysql:db --debug ...
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Both named and dnsmasq serving DNS on port 53?

Is this considered normal for Ubuntu 14.04 ? netstat -tulpn shows that both bind9 (named) and dnsmasq serve on port 53: Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address ...
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Bind9 - openssl problem

when I try to start bind9; simply fail because of chroot & openssl /etc/init.d/bind9 start log messages; Feb 17 08:26:27 ISTVS2024 named[2440]: initializing DST: openssl failure Feb 17 08:26:27 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and bind9 not responding to queries

I'm trying to set up an authoritative DNS server with bind9 (9.8.1-P1) on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04) and I am encountering some problems. External problem When trying to check my ...
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How do I create a psuedo-domain through bind on Ubuntu 12.04?

I've done some prerequisite reading on DNS and BIND via O'Reilly's book. My goal is to have a local DNS server (i.e. seldon.foundation) that resolves local names (i.e. *.foundation) but forwards the ...
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Binding an action to a combination of mouse buttons

I know that X-system limits binding an action to a combination of mouse buttons (e.g. right click + mouse wheel up/down which I used to bind to sound volume up/down in windows but I cannot do the same ...
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How do I add a TXT or A record using Unbound?

I am currently following this tutorial. The author says we can add a TXT record on the local DNS resolver. But can I please know how do I do that? How do I add a TXT or A record on the local server (...
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'options' redefined near 'options'

I'm trying to configure my named.conf for my root server but when I run named-checkconf I get the following message /etc/bind/named.conf:13: 'options' redefined near 'options' My named.conf is ...
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How to compile/install bind9 with DLZ (MySQL) support?

I am wondering how to compile or install a version of bind9 that supports DLZ (specifically, MySQL) on Ubuntu 14.04. According to my internet research, bind9 doesn't support it by default. Does anyone ...
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Why doesn't "su bind" work?

When you do apt-get install bind9, there gets a user bind created. I'm having some trouble with my bind installation. See How can I add file create read write and delete for a specific ...
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DNS server does not listen on IPv6 after a reboot

I have two newly created 20.04 instances on AWS (Amazon Web Services). One is of type t2, the other of type t3. These instances have both IPv4 and IPv6 configured. As you probably know, these ...
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How could one disable bind9's recursion and do forwarding only for DNS queries?

I am learning how to configure DNS server. My first task is to set up local forwarding server - server that does NOT do recursive queries but forwards them to other public open DNS. OK, here is my /...
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What does ? in output of ls -la mean?

I'm having trouble with my webserver an noticed that the output of ls -la /var/www contains irregularily ? instead of permission digits, e.g. $ LANGUAGE=C ls -la /var/www/ ls: cannot access /var/www/...
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How can I use bind9 to use my own custom domain in my LAN?

I'm new to DNS and making a DNS server. I've read through the bind9 server how to (at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto) and several tutorials online on setting up a bind9 server in ...
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DHCP is mangling my PTR records in DNS

I originally posted this in LinuxQuestions http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/dhcp-is-mangling-my-ptr-records-in-dns-4175412344/ without much luck, so I'll try here. DHCP is ...
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Share first attached USB-Drive

To implement a easy backup system in a PLC-application, we access a USB-Stick attached to an external Ubuntu-system. Therefore, the first attached USB-drive should be shared over Samba as soon as it ...
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How to access my website without entering the FQDN, just the domain

To access my website (just a testing page for now) I have to enter hostname.domainname.com. I would like instead of just entering the domain name (domain.com). Do i have to configure BIND, do I need ...
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DNS Server with bind9 cannot resolve reverse zone

I have recently reconfigured my network and am trying to go through the process of changing all the servers over. In the process of doing this, I found that my dns/dhcp servers are having some issues. ...
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