named.local(SFF)
named.local --
local loopback interface file
Format
$INCLUDE named.soa
1 [ttl] class PTR localhost.
Description
The named.local file
specifies the PTR record for the local loopback interface
whose network address is 127.0.0.1.
This file is referenced in the file substatement of
the 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA zone statement in /etc/named.conf.
It is vital to the proper operation of every name server
that the 127.0.0.1 address have a PTR record pointing back
to the local host. As implied by this PTR record, there should be an
A record in named.hosts specifying that the local
host has an IP address in the IN-ADDR.ARPA domain.
The pointer records are needed by
gethostbyaddr(SLIB).
named.local is created manually on the primary server.
Its entries are:
$INCLUDE named.soa
;name {ttl} class type real_name
1 IN PTR localhost.
name-
is always `1'.
real_name-
is the name of the local host. The trailing period (.) prevents
DNS from appending the current $ORIGIN.
Files
/etc/named.d/named.local
See also
gethostbyaddr(SLIB),
named(ADMN),
named.conf(SFF),
named.rev(SFF),
named.soa(SFF),
root.cache(SFF)
Standards conformance
This file is conformant with the Standard Resource Record Format
specified in RFC 1035.
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 -- 02 June 2005