Topic: newbie Q

[estong]

yo

i've just started to use SME server 7.0rc3, and i was wondering where can i find the named.conf and zone files, please advice otherwise.

thanks

[raem]

estong

>... 7.0rc3, and i was wondering where can i find the named.conf and zone files

I think the answer to your question may be that sme server is not a public dns server

[estong]

thanks for the reply

does this mean it can't be made as a public dns server? or is there a work-around on this one?

thanks again

[mmccarn]

The only built-in support for DNS management is the "Hostnames and addresses" option under "Configuration" in the server-manager.

If you need more control than this gives you you'll have to find out how to use "custom templates".

SME uses "tinydns" instead of named - so there is no named.conf.

Putting these together, this means you'd need to:

1. Examine the standard template fragments in /etc/e-smith/

templates/var/service/tinydns/root/data to see if any of them contain the information you need to customize

2. Create /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/var/service/tinydns/root/data

3. Copy the original template fragments that you want to customize from /etc/e-smith/templates/var/service/tinydns/root/data to /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/var/service/tinydns/root/data

4. Modify the copy of the template fragment that you just created under .../templates-custom/...  
IMPORTANT: never modify the original templates under .../templates/...!

5. Execute the following two commands to re-generate the relevant config file using your customizations, and to restart the tinydns service:

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# expand-template /var/service/tinydns/root/data
# service tinydns restart

6. If you think your mods are useful &/or important, post back here so others can benefit from your efforts.[/list]

[MSmith]

SME is NOT designed to be a public DNS server and trying to make it so may well break some important security features of this setup.  So you're better off with a more general-purpose OS such as a full CentOS install.

[estong]

hi guys

i really appreciate you taking the time to go over my query, i will check on your suggestions, and post an update on the result

thanks again and more power

[raem]

estong

Kumusta

If you search these forums, back a year or so, you will find references to people modifying sme 6 to get this sort of functionality. I can't recall if they were successful or not.
Try a search on dns, and don't forget to click on Show all results

[estong]

raymitchell

mabuhey

i already made a search here on the topic, prior to posting this thread; im try to dig deep on the suggestion of mccarn

thanks