bindsetup(8)bindsetup(8)Namebindsetup - set up the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)/Hesiod ser‐
vice
Syntax
/usr/etc/bindsetup [ -c [ -d directory ] -b binddomain name1,IP1
name2,IP2 ... ]
Description
The command sets up the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)/Hesiod
service on your system and places and resolution under BIND/Hesiod con‐
trol. You can use this command to set up your system as a primary,
secondary, slave, or caching server, or as a client.
In order to run BIND/Hesiod, your system's host name must include the
BIND domain name. The BIND host name consists of the local host name
plus the BIND domain name, separated by periods. For example, the BIND
host name for a system whose local host name is and whose BIND domain
name is is
The command edits the and files and changes the local host name to the
BIND host name, if it is not there already.
If the command changes your system's host name, you should reboot the
system to be sure that the change is propagated throughout the system.
Before you run , your system must be established on a local area net‐
work. In addition, you must know the BIND domain name for your local
area network, and whether your system will be a primary, secondary,
slave, or caching server, or a client.
The command asks if you want to run a Kerberos authentication server.
You must already have set up Kerberos to do do. For more information,
see the Guide to Kerberos.
You should run the command as superuser and with the system in multi‐
user mode.
If you use the option with the respective arguments, the command sets
up your system as a BIND/Hesiod client non-interactively.
If you run the command with no arguments, a menu is displayed giving
you a choice of responses. You are then prompted for further informa‐
tion. Before exits, it lists the files that have been updated.
Once BIND/Hesiod is installed on a machine, it cannot be used until the
file is modified to contain BIND entries on the desired database lines.
The command reminds a user to run or edit the file manually.
Options-c Sets up your system as a BIND/Hesiod client according to
the following arguments you supply on the command line:
-d directory
This option and argument are required if you are setting
up a diskless client from the diskless server. The direc‐
tory is the full path name of the root directory for your
system (a diskless client) on the diskless server. The
following is an example of a root directory for a diskless
client named
/dlclient0/orange.root
-b binddomain
This is the name of the BIND domain on which your system
will be a BIND client. For example, is a sample BIND
domain name.
name,IP This is the host name and the IP address of the BIND
server on the domain, for example You can specify one or
more BIND server by listing more name,IP arguments, each
separated by a space.
Files
List of locally maintained host names and IP addresses
Startup commands pertinent to a specific system
Database name with the selected naming services
Hesiod configuration file
List of Kerberos servers
Default BIND Files:
BIND server data file directory
BIND server boot file
BIND server cache file
BIND server local host reverse address host file
BIND primary server hosts file
BIND primary server reverse address hosts file
BIND data file
See Alsonslookup(1), hesiod(3), hesiod.conf(5), svc.conf(5), svcsetup(8),
named(8), krb.conf(5), resolv.conf(5)
Guide to the BIND/Hesiod Service
Guide to Kerberos
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