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        !             2: How to add new hosts to the name server data base:
        !             3: 
        !             4: 1) Edit 'named.hosts' file:
        !             5: 
        !             6:        For each machine you need to enter the following information:
        !             7:        machine name, all its network addresses, host information, and common
        !             8:        aliases for it.  The WKS records list well-known-services; they are
        !             9:        optional.
        !            10: 
        !            11:        This is the entry for calder.
        !            12: 
        !            13: CALDER         IN      A       128.32.130.1
        !            14:                IN      A       128.32.129.3
        !            15:                IN      WKS     128.32.0.12     TCP TELNET FTP SMTP ECHO DOMAIN FINGER
        !            16:                IN      WKS     128.32.0.12     UDP ECHO TIME TFTP
        !            17:                IN      HINFO   VAX-11/750 UNIX
        !            18: UCBCALDER      IN      CNAME   CALDER
        !            19: 
        !            20:  For the machine you are adding:
        !            21:        1) replace 'CALDER' with the new machine name
        !            22:        2) replace '128.32.130.1' with the new machines address
        !            23:                if there is more then one address for the machine
        !            24:                then add lines like the one with '128.32.129.3'
        !            25:        3) replace 'VAX-11/750' with the machine type
        !            26:        4) If it doesn't run 'UNIX' then replace UNIX with its operating system.
        !            27: 
        !            28: 2) Edit 'named.rev' file:
        !            29: 
        !            30:        For each address of a machine you need to enter the reverse
        !            31:        address notation for the machine:
        !            32: 
        !            33:        For calder the lines look as follows:
        !            34: 
        !            35: 12.0   IN      PTR     CALDER.BERKELEY.EDU.
        !            36: 3.129  IN      PTR     CALDER.BERKELEY.EDU.
        !            37: 
        !            38:        Calder has two address '128.32.0.12' and '128.32.129.3'
        !            39: 
        !            40:        You take the two numbers after 128.32 and reverse them.
        !            41:        Then replace CALDER with the new machine name.
        !            42: 
        !            43:    *** Note the "." on "EDU." it needs to be there. ***
        !            44: 
        !            45: 3) Increment the serial number on both files.  If you use sccs or rcs,
        !            46: arrange for this to happen automatically when changes are checked in.
        !            47: 

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