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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.
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