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i was trying to install bind dns server with my centos 5 and i couldnt locate the /etc/named.conf

i tried installing using

yum install bind-chroot bind*and looks like there is often a problem with bind installed through yum. when i tried to restart the named daemon i am getting failed.

Locating //etc/named.conf: [FAILED]

This is a bug on centos 5 saying that no longer /etc/named.conf bundled. see this

How to Fix:If you have installed bind-chroot, then it uses default configuration file /etc/named.caching-nameserver.conf instead of /etc/named.confif you have used yum with yum install bind, then /etc/named.conf should be probably missing. so while installing bind with centos 5 useyum install bind-chrootMore detailed information available here

This is what named.conf looks like in my centos 5 server. You can copy and paste this named.conf in /etc/ directory/etc/named.conf

options {
directory "/etc";
pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
};

zone "." {
type hint;
file "/etc/db.cache";

};