| SUSE LINUX Documentation Part IX. Services / Chapter 40. The Domain Name System | ||||
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 | 39.4. For More Information | 40.2. Configuration with YaST |  | |
| SUSE LINUX Documentation Part IX. Services / Chapter 40. The Domain Name System | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.4. For More Information | 40.2. Configuration with YaST | | |
Table of Contents
Abstract
DNS (domain name system) is needed to resolve the domain names and
hostnames into
IP addresses. In this way, the IP address 192.168.0.0 is assigned to
the hostname earth, for
example. Before setting
up your own name server, read the general information about DNS in
Section 38.3, “Name Resolution”. The following
configuration examples refer to BIND.
