DNS - make it sample and fast, part 2

6. Root servers
With one sample command I will create file for root server and will be sure this information is correct
[root@nsd chroot]# dig @e.root-servers.net . ns >/var/named/chroot/var/named/root.servers

And the content of the file is
[root@nsd chroot]# cat  /var/named/chroot/var/named/root.servers

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> @e.root-servers.net . ns
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35642
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 14

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.                              IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.                       518400  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       518400  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       198.41.0.4
a.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:503:ba3e::2:30
b.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.228.79.201
c.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       128.8.10.90
e.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:2f::f
g.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.112.36.4
h.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       128.63.2.53
h.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::803f:235
i.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.36.148.17
i.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:7fe::53
j.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.58.128.30

;; Query time: 126 msec
;; SERVER: 192.203.230.10#53(192.203.230.10)
;; WHEN: Sat Jul 24 20:30:15 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 500

But I will check just on case if all is OK with the file
[root@nsd chroot]# service named configtest
_default/example.net/in: file not found
_default/localhost/in: file not found
_default/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/in: file not found
_default/0.1.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA/in: file not found
zone example.net/IN: loading master file master.example.net: file not found
zone localhost/IN: loading master file master.localhost: file not found
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file localhost.rev: file not found
zone 0.1.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: loading master file 10.1.0.rev: file not found
Aha, no more complains about missing root servers file
7. Local domain and host files. (RFC-1912)
Because I am lazy I will get the files directly from bind package examples
[root@nsd chroot]# cp /usr/share/doc/bind-9.3.6/sample/var/named/named.local /var/named/chroot/var/named/localhost.rev
 [root@nsd chroot]# cp /usr/share/doc/bind-9.3.6/sample/var/named/localdomain.zone /var/named/chroot/var/named/master.locahost

And check what is the situation
[root@nsd chroot]# service named configtest
_default/example.net/in: file not found
_default/0.1.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA/in: file not found
zone example.net/IN: loading master file master.example.net: file not found
zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700
zone 0.1.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: loading master file 10.1.0.rev: file not found

Cool, so part of the files are in place and I can continue with configuration