Windows bind install

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Answer Section: The records returned by the query. The answer section usually contains the most relevant information for dig users.

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DigitalOcean home. That makes it a lot easier when it comes to specifying the path in any configuration files, or when running tools from the command line. Do not enter Administrator here! That would be a terrible idea since it means that if someone manages to exploit your BIND instance they will have full control over your Windows Server.

Choose a unique username for the service, along with a suitably secure password. The installation applet will create the user account with the specified password and grant it appropriate Logon as a Service rights.

You can do this anywhere but we were a little suspicious of Bind9's ability to figure out Windows paths so we did it this way. We placed our master. The install process does not set permissions - as we subsequently discovered on Windows - so this step is essential. Click Set and exit. Cost us 10 minutes with a magnifying glass to fix that one. Time to start the service.

It failed for us with a login error. So we re-entered the password using User Manager and tried again and it worked. The standard install is set for automatic start so we re-booted the PC and checked that named. It was. Finally we opened a dos box and tried a dig command. Seemed to run a bit slowly but we got our results.

And yes we had already forgotten where we installed bind. Thank goodness we set the path variable. We have not used the service frequently but we were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to install. Task Manager shows about K of memory usage which is by no means excessive. The install process creates the required account but we manually set the account up under NT 4.

The password entry is optional - you can leave it blank or not as you choose - we left it blank but see NT 4. This is essential to avoid permission errors when you start the BIND service.

Right click properties then permissions and find and select the named account and Add :. Add all permissions except full control and leave the inherit check box set the default :. Find and double click the path line and Add the following or wherever your BIND9 bin directory is located :.

Click OK and exit. Time to start the BIND service. And yes, we had already forgotten where we installed bind. Note: The We were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to install. As serious side benefit you get dig and other tools as a bonus. Problems, comments, suggestions, corrections including broken links or something to add? Please take the time from a busy life to 'mail us' at top of screen , the webmaster below or info-support at zytrax. You will have a warm inner glow for the rest of the day.

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